4,885 Bags of Linseed
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. . The libel in this case was filed in the District Court by Paul Sears, Reuben Hopkius, james Smith, Alexander Child, William N. Batson, and Rowland H. Crosby, owners,of the ship Bold Hunter, against four thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five bags of linseed, seven thousand pockets of linseed, and fifteen hundred and thirty bags óf pegue cutch.
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Appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. . The libel in this case was filed in the District Court by Paul Sears, Reuben Hopkius, james Smith, Alexander Child, William N. Batson, and Rowland H. Crosby, owners,of the ship Bold Hunter, against four thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five bags of linseed, seven thousand pockets of linseed, and fifteen hundred and thirty bags óf pegue cutch. The goods libelled were part of a larger quantity brought to Boston from Calcutta by the Bold Hunter for Augustine Wills, and were at the time in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
• The rights of the parties in’, this case depend altogether on the contract created by the bill-of lading. That instrument does not refer to the charter party) nor can the charter party influence in any degree the decision of the question before us. Augustine Wills was not a party to it, and it is not,material to inquire whether he did or die! not know of its existence and contents; for there is nothing in it to prevent Wills & Co., the sub-charterers, or Augustine Wills, the consignee, from entering into the separate and distinct contract stated in the bill of lading, and the assignees •…
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