Herbert v. The James Leakman

BETTS, District Judge.

The libellant being the manufacturer of brick at Caldwell on the North river in the summer of 1847, contracted with the master of the schooner Leak-man, a vessel engaged in freighting brick, to> carry brick to New York, there make sale of them at a scale of prices stipulated, and return the proceeds to the libellant, deducting $1 per thousand for the whole compensation both of freight and making the sales, and return of proceeds. During the season a large quantity of brick was. carried by the schooner to New York under the contract. The libel charges the quantity to be…