Giblin v. National Steamship Co.

The assignors of the plaintiff purchased ten horses in Yorkshire, England, and entered into a contract with the defendant, a foreign corporation, engaged in the business of transporting passengers and freight between Great Britain and the United States, whereby defendant agreed to carry the horses from Liverpool, by the steamship “ Queen,” to the city of New York. In loading the horses upon the steamship at Liverpool, one of the horses fell overboard, and was drowned. This action is to recover the value of the horse thus lost, together with ten pounds, which had been paid for freight thereon…