EJ DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Vance
Supreme Court of the United States
aTHIS was an appeal from the Cii~uit Court of the United •St~tes for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting in adini- ralty. •` • As many `points `were decided by this court which were not ~s~ised in the court telow, it is ~roper `to~ explain to the reader hGw this happened.; and this will best be done by tracing the `history of the case from its commencement.
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aTHIS was an appeal from the Cii~uit Court of the United •St~tes for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting in adini- ralty. •` • As many `points `were decided by this court which were not ~s~ised in the court telow, it is ~roper `to~ explain to the reader hGw this happened.; and this will best be done by tracing the `history of the case from its commencement. In Dacember, 1852, Dupont de Nemours & Co: shipped at `~their *harf; on the. river Delaware, an invoice of ~uupa*d~ ~i kegs, &c., the `~alue atthe place of shipment being, by the iuvcsice, $6,325. The articles were shipped on board…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.
The libél alleges that the appellants shipped on board the brig Ann Elizabeth, at Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, a large quantity of gunpowder, to be carried to New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana; and that, on the shipment thereof, *166bills of lading, in the usual form, were signed by the master of the brig; that, according to the invoices, of the merchandise specified in the bills of lading, its value was-$7)233.75; that, on the arrival of the brig at New Orleans, the…
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