Bazin v. Steamship Co.
United States Circuit Court
In admiralty. This was an appeal from a decree in the admiralty [of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania,] in which a party claimed compensation from ship-owners for his goods lost at sea, while on their vessel. The case was thus: [Xavier] Bazin, the libellant, was a retailer of French perfumery, in Philadelphia.
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In admiralty. This was an appeal from a decree in the admiralty [of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania,] in which a party claimed compensation from ship-owners for his goods lost at sea, while on their vessel. The case was thus: [Xavier] Bazin, the libellant, was a retailer of French perfumery, in Philadelphia. Being in Paris in 1854, he purchased a large stock of goods for his business in America, which was shipped from Havre to Philadelphia. The respondents [the Liverpool & Philadelphia Steamship Company] were the owners of a line of several…
1Opinion of the Court
GRIER, Circuit Justice.
The objection of the respondent’s counsel, that the contract is not a maritime contract, cannot be supported. The case presents a bill of lading by which defendants bind themselves, to carry goods received at Havre, and deliver *1100them in Philadelphia. It is a contract for a maritime service, and it would be difficult to say what is a maritime contract if it be not one. If it had been merely an agreement by respondents with libellant, that if he would send goods by their line, they would receive and forward them for a certain con- i sideration, and the breach of the…
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