Constable v. National Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty by the firm of Arnold, Constable & Go. against the National Steamship Company, owner of the British steamship Egypt, to recover the value of thirty-six cases of merchandise carried by this steamer from Liverpool to New York, delivered on the pier of the Inman Steamship Company on January 31, 1883, and upon the same night destroyed by fire through the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty by the firm of Arnold, Constable & Go. against the National Steamship Company, owner of the British steamship Egypt, to recover the value of thirty-six cases of merchandise carried by this steamer from Liverpool to New York, delivered on the pier of the Inman Steamship Company on January 31, 1883, and upon the same night destroyed by fire through the alleged negligence of the respondent. The answer admitted most .of the material allegations of the libel, but denied all…
1Opinion of the Court 1
154 U.S. 51 (1894)
CONSTABLE
v.
NATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
No. 21.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued April 6, 9, 1894.
Decided May 26, 1894.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
Mr. Joseph H. Choate for appellants. Mr. William V. Rowe and Mr. Treadwell Cleveland were with him on his brief.
Mr. James C. Carter for appellee. A brief for the same was also filed by Mr. John Chetwood.
2Opinion of the Court · BrownJustice Brown
This case involves the liability of a steamship company for the loss by fire of a consignment of goods unloaded without personal notice to the consignee upon the wharf…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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