Broadwell v. Butler
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio
[In admiralty. Libels by James M. Broad-well, as master, for the owners of the steamboat Princess No. 3, against J. C. Butler & Co., and against Keys, Maltby & Co., for the recovery of freight alleged to be due.
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVITT, District Judge.
As the questions in these cases arise on nearly the same facts, and depend on the same principles, they will be considered together. They are suits in admiralty, brought by the libellant as master, for the owners of the steamboat Princess No. 3, to recover freight alleged to be due for the transportation, in the first *195named case, of a large quantity of molasses, and in the other, of sugar, from New Orleans to Cincinnati.
The facts necessary to be noticed, in the decision of the points presented, are, that on the 19th of February, 1853, the agents of the said Butler &…
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