Hastings v. Steamer Uncle Sam

This is an action to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract, made by the owners of the steamer Uncle Sam, to transport the plaintiff and his family from San Francisco to New York by the way of Nicaragua. The breach averred is that the defendants, instead of making the transportation by way of Nicaragua, conveyed the plaintiff and his family to the Isthmus of Panama, where they suffered from the diseases of the climate, and were subjected to various expenses, and detained sixteen days. The plaintiff obtained judgment for the sum of §2800, which the Court, on motion, set aside, and…