The Ann Arbor
District Court, S.D. New York
[In admiralty. Libel in rem by Giles Hawley against the canal-boat Ann Arbor for breach of a contract of carriage. Dismissed. Affirmed by the circuit court. Case No. 408.]
1Opinion of the Court
The libel in. this case is filed to recover the value of a quantity of butter shipped on the 5th or 6th of Dec., 1852, on board of the canal boat then lying in the Erie canal at Rome, Oneida county, to be carried to the city of New York, and there delivered. It is alleged that 449 tubs of butter were shipped, and only 427 delivered, and that the canal boat is responsible in admiralty for the loss. The claimants deny that more than 427 were shipped, or that the boat is liable in admiralty if they were lost. The evidence was given by one witness that he kept the tally of the tubs as they were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte BoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- The AlabamaUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
- Huismann v. The PioneerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1886
- American Roll-Paper Co. v. WestonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1891