Stoughton v. Rappalo
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
New Trial. THIS was a replevin for 631 barrels of flour, tried before the Chief Justice, at Nisi Prius, in November, 1817, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court in bank, on a point reserved. The plaintiff, on the 9th March, 1813, contracted to ship 631 barrels of flour on board the Minerva, a Spanish vessel, of which the defendant was master, from Philadelphia to Savanna, at 4 dollars a barrel.
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New Trial. THIS was a replevin for 631 barrels of flour, tried before the Chief Justice, at Nisi Prius, in November, 1817, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court in bank, on a point reserved. The plaintiff, on the 9th March, 1813, contracted to ship 631 barrels of flour on board the Minerva, a Spanish vessel, of which the defendant was master, from Philadelphia to Savanna, at 4 dollars a barrel. The flour was accordingly put on board by the 16th March, the ship then lying at the wharf in Philadelphia. On the 16th March, the bills of lading were…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is a replevin for 631 barrels of flour. In the month of March, 1813, the defendant agreed to carry this flour, from the port of Philadelphia to the Havanna, in the ship Minerva, of which he was master, on freight at the rate of four dollars a barrel. The plaintiff, the owner of the flour, put it on board the Minerva, just about the time when notice was received of the blockade of the Delaware by a hostile British squadron. Some days after this, the plaintiff demanded of the defendant, either to proceed on the voyage, .or return him his flour. The defendant refused to do…
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