Barnard v. Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. The defendants in error brought an action in the court below • to recover contributio'n in general average, on account of the -alleged voluntary stranding of the ship Brutus owned by them, from the plaintiffs in error, as owners of twenty bales of nutria skins, which formed a part of her cargo at the time of the stranding.
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This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. The defendants in error brought an action in the court below • to recover contributio'n in general average, on account of the -alleged voluntary stranding of the ship Brutus owned by them, from the plaintiffs in error, as owners of twenty bales of nutria skins, which formed a part of her cargo at the time of the stranding. The facts are minutely stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The plaintiffs below, Joseph Adams and others, brought this *300action against Charles Barnard and others, in the Circuit Court of New York, to recover contribution in general average for the loss of their vessel called the Brutus, on board of which certain goods were shipped, and consigned to the plaintiffs in error, and delivered to them on their promise to pay, provided contribution were justly due.
On the trial, the Circuit Court gave certain instructions to the jury, which were tne subjects of,exceptions, on the correctness of which this court is-now called upon to decide.
As the facts of the…
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