Hugg v. Baltimore & Cuba Smelting & Mining Co.

This suit was instituted to recover a sum claimed to be due the appellant’s intestate, for contribution in general average, under a contract of affreightment.

The original shipment by charter-party, was of a cargo of copper ore, six hundred and seventy-nine tons, on board the *420Maggie V. Hugg, a vessel belonging to the appellant’s intestate, from Taltal, in Chili, to the port of Baltimore, at a freight of ¿£3. 10s. per ton. The contract contained the usual exception of the dangers and accidents of the seas. After encountering rough weather, it was discovered that the ship was leaking badly, and…