McCready v. . Thorn
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal from the judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover of the defendants, ás owners of the schooner “ Susan Orleans,” divers sums of money paid out and expended for the use of the said schooner, and for services performed by plaintiffs for the defendants in procuring freight for the said schooner and for other matters. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. At the time of the transaction mentioned in the complaint,…
1Opinion of the Court
Earl, C.
At the request of defendant Thorn, who was one of the owners, and of Gathcart, the master of the schooner Susan Orleans, the plaintiffs, who were ship brokers in Hew York, advanced to the master several small sums of money to pay the port charges of the vessel, and also paid for wood placed upon the vessel, for labor done upon the vessel, and for shipping crew, and repairing chronometer, which advances and payments, together with plaintiffs’ commission upon them and commission for procuring freight for the schooner, amounted to about the sum of $248. This sum the referee allowed the…
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