One Hundred & Fifty-One Tons of Coal
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in rem, filed [by John Gaughran] in the district court, to recover freight for the transportation of one hundred and fifty-one tons of coal. After a decree by that court in favor of the libellant [Case No. 5,273], the claimant appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
According to the bill of lading in this case, the coal was to be delivered at Peck slip, East river, to William Jarvis, or his assigns, on the payment of freight, at one dollar and eighty-five cents per ton. The libel charges, that the vessel arrived, with the coal, at the port of New York; that notice was given to the consignee, who requested that it might be delivered at his place of business in the city, 59 Ann street,, and agreed to pay the expense of such delivery at the rate of twenty-five cents per load; that the coal was delivered accordingly, in gjgod order…
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