C. J. Meeker & Co. v. Capt. York

The bark “Helen & Frances” arrived at Algiers on the 6th or IthDecember, 1855, laden with a cargo of Trapani or Marsala salt, amounting to 14,414 bushels.

The plaintiffs say, that they were the ship-brokers employed to make the usual disbursements for account of the “ Helen & Frances,” and they have brought this suit against her owners for moneys thus advanced during the month of December, 1855.

The defendants admit the correctness of the account sued upon by plaintiffs, but set up a much larger claim in rcconvenlion for damages said to have been caused to the owners of the bark and cargo by…