Eymar v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APl’EAL FROM TIIE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action against the owner, and against the proceeds of the schooner Serafina, in the hands of Thayer, Hurd & Co., consignees, who received the insurance money for her loss, from the underwriters.
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APl’EAL FROM TIIE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action against the owner, and against the proceeds of the schooner Serafina, in the hands of Thayer, Hurd & Co., consignees, who received the insurance money for her loss, from the underwriters. The plaintiff alleges he was the captain in command when the schooner was lost at sea, and that Thomas Lawrence, the owner, is indebted to him in the sum of six hundred and ninety dollars, for wages and disbursements made on account of the vessel, for which he claims his privilege on her price, or funds received on her…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court..
In this case the plaintiff represents that the schooner Serafina and Thomas Lawrence the owner, are justly indebted to him in the sum of six hundred and ninety-one dollars five’ cents; for wages as captain of said schooner, and for advances made, and expenses paid on her account; that the Serafina was wrecked and lost in August, 1831, and was'abandoned to> the underwriters, who- paid the amount of their insurance' upon her to Thayer, Hurd & Co., as consignees of the’ schooner and agents of the- owner, Thomas Lawrence of Matanzas, and that they…
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