Griswold v. Pitcairn
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of assumpsit. The declaration stated, that from the 6th of September, 1809, until the 15th of October, 1810, the plaintiffs were sole owners of the ship Jinn, of New-York, whereof Hezekiah Smith was master, appointed by the plaintiffs, and their agent; and that on the 6th of September, 1809, at Hamburgh, said ship then lying at Tonningen, the plaintiffs, by their said agent and master of said ship, entered into a charter-party with James Neville and…
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THIS was an action of assumpsit. The declaration stated, that from the 6th of September, 1809, until the 15th of October, 1810, the plaintiffs were sole owners of the ship Jinn, of New-York, whereof Hezekiah Smith was master, appointed by the plaintiffs, and their agent; and that on the 6th of September, 1809, at Hamburgh, said ship then lying at Tonningen, the plaintiffs, by their said agent and master of said ship, entered into a charter-party with James Neville and others. The charter-party was recited in the declaration, and was between James Neville and others, of the one part,…
1Opinion of the Court
Swift, Cb. 3.
In this action, the plaintiffs allege, that Hezekiah Smith, their agent, made a contract of charter-party with Neville, which was guaranteed by the defendant, The defendant has pleaded non assumpsit, ami also, that the plaintiffs, by their agent, said Smith, brought an action on the charter-party, against Neville, for the non-perforniancr. of it, before a court of competent jurisdiction, in the king*89dom of Denmark, which was decided against them. Tiie defendant produced in evidence, the record of the judgment j which the superior court admitted, and decided to be sufficient…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Church v. HubbartSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
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