McCullough v. Hellweg
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — This exception was taken to the permission given hy the Court to the plaintiff to withdraw the sum of $79.50, which he had paid into Court, upon the defendant’s refusal to accept the same as payment for freight.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — This exception was taken to the permission given hy the Court to the plaintiff to withdraw the sum of $79.50, which he had paid into Court, upon the defendant’s refusal to accept the same as payment for freight. Second Exception. — The defendant offered the following prayers: 1. If the jury find from the evidence that the- defendant sent the vessel, the Aletheia, the same that is named in the hill of lading produced at this trial, to the shore of A. Edelin, on the Chesapeake Bay, to load…
1Opinion of the CourtYellott, J.
The appellee, who was the plaintiff below, purchased of Albert Edelin in St. Mary’s County, fifty-three cords of *273fire-wood, and shipped it on board a vessel belonging to the appellant. By the terms of the contract, as shown by the bill of lading, this cargo was to be delivered in Baltimore, at Hellweg’s wharf, to the appellee or his assigns. The bill of lading did not determine the amount for freight to be paid, and after the arrival of the vessel at the said wharf, and the unloading-of about one cord and one-half cord of the wood, the captain was directed by tho appellant to carry the cargo…
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