Rodriguez v. Heffernan
New York Court of Chancery
3Oth BILL, filed February 5th, 1820. tt stated, that the plaintiff, Vincente Rodriguez, formerly of the province of Carracas, being in the city of Nem-Yotk, in 1813, he, at the request of AT., became jointly interested with him, in an ad- venture from JYew-York to Laguira, by the schooner Louisa.
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3Oth BILL, filed February 5th, 1820. tt stated, that the plaintiff, Vincente Rodriguez, formerly of the province of Carracas, being in the city of Nem-Yotk, in 1813, he, at the request of AT., became jointly interested with him, in an ad- venture from JYew-York to Laguira, by the schooner Louisa. (Captain Esquiningo.) That the vessel proceeded to Lagui» ra, and after her cargo had been disposed of, and a return cargo laden on board, she was captured, on her return, by a British cruizer, and carried into Halifax, where the vessel ■and cargo were condemned. That the United Stales were then at…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The sole question in the case is, whether the defendants, G. and B., are accountable to the plaintiffs for the proceeds which they have received of the return cargo of the schooner Good Hope. The defendants, G. and B., claim those proceeds, (which amount, after deducting all charges, and the freight, to the net sum of 10,722 dollars and 65 cents,) by virtue of. an assignment from the defendant U., of the 26th of December, 1818, executed about the time the vessel sailed from Porto Cabello, in South America, for New-York. The plaintiff alleges, that the cargo was exclusively his…
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