Smith v. Wall

This suit was brought against defendants, for damages of certain goods shipped from New York to New Orleans.

The goods were shipped in good order, and wefe delivered to plaintiff in Now Orleans. They were injured by salt water on their passage; and some witnesses state, that they were . damaged fifty per cent.; other witnesses state that they were damaged to a less extent.

No sale of the damaged goods was made to ascertain, with exactness, the extent of their damage. The opinion of this Court in the eases, Henderson & Gaines v. Ship Maid of Orleans, 12 An. 352; L. Elkin & Co. v. New York and…