Jarrard v. Bissell

The plaintiff sued to recover the balance upon the contract price for freight of a cargo of potatoes received by him from the defendants upon his canal boat at *10Port Jackson, Clinton county, and transported to New York, and delivered to the defendant’s consignee there. The case was tried by the court without a jury. The main question was whether the plaintiff delivered all the potatoes he received. The court made allowance for shrinkage, and found that be delivered fifty-six barrels less than he received, and charged him with the value thereof. The testimony is not as satisfactory as to the…