The Water Witch— Clifton, Sheldon, Libellant
Supreme Court of the United States
Sheldon filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the southern district of New York against the brig Water Witch. The libellant claimed to be the consignee of two hundred and two bales of cotton, which had been shipped on board of that vessel at Lavacca, Texas, for transportation to New York, there to be delivered to him on payment of freight.
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Sheldon filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the southern district of New York against the brig Water Witch. The libellant claimed to be the consignee of two hundred and two bales of cotton, which had been shipped on board of that vessel at Lavacca, Texas, for transportation to New York, there to be delivered to him on payment of freight. The libel alleged that through the negligence of those in.charge'of the vessel, bad stowage and other careless management, the cotton was greatly injured. The answer put in issue the various allegations of the libel,’ and alleged…
1Opinion of the Court
Mi\ Justice GRIER.
The decree in favor of the libellant in the Circuit.Court was for a much larger sum than that ren.-. deied in the District Court,.and as there was no cros3 appeal by the libellant, the decree of the Circuit Court is now challenged as erroneous for that reason; but this apparent inconsistency will be found not to exist in reality, by a short reference to the history pf the case, as exhibited by the record.
The libellant claimed as consignee of two hundred bales of cotton shipped on board the Water Witch, to be carried from Lavacca, in Texas, to New York. The libel charged that…
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