Conrad v. De Montcourt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Eisher, Judge. The bond mentioned in the opinion of the division is as follows: “average bond.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Eisher, Judge. The bond mentioned in the opinion of the division is as follows: “average bond. “Whereas, The steamer Nellie Speer, with the barge William Toll in tow, whereof Peter Conrad, master, said barge having on board a cargo of merchandise, sailed from the port of Barfield, Arle., bound for Cairo, III., and, in the due prosecution of her said voyage, met with disaster, by which said barge William Toll with her cargo of Umber was sunie, by which means certain losses and expenses have been incurred, and other expenses hereafter may…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, P. J.
Plaintiff’s action against the defendants, Messrs. De Montcourt and O’Hara, relates to a shipment of lumber by water from certain points on the Mississippi river to Cairo, Illinois.
The petition is in two counts. The first count sets, forth a claim by plaintiff as owner of the steamboat Nellie Speer and barge William Toll, for freight earned in carrying 298,202 feet of lumber, at the instance of defendants, from Tyler, Missouri, and Barfield, Arkansas, to Cairo, in July, 1891, at the rate of $2.50 per thousand feet, which rate defendants are said to have promised to pay.
The second count is for…
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