Slater v. Hayward Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery brought to the superior court for New London county for a contribution upon a general average of a loss caused by a jettison of goods. The case was referred to a committee, whose report embraced the following facts.
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This was a bill in chancery brought to the superior court for New London county for a contribution upon a general average of a loss caused by a jettison of goods. The case was referred to a committee, whose report embraced the following facts. The goods were stowed on the deck of the steam propeller Charles Osgood, which then plied regularly through Long Island Sound between New York and Norwich, touching each way at New London, and which left the former city, with a large cargo, including the goods above mentioned, on the 3rd day of April, 1855. The goods owned by the respondents were stowed…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
The material facts upon which a majority of the court place their decision of this case are the following.
The petitioners and respondents, (except the Merchants’ Transportation Company, who are the owners of the propeller Charles Osgood) were the owners respectively of the cargo shipped on board of said vessel, consisting of cotton, wool, rags, India rubber, leather, and other merchandize. The cargo was placed indiscriminately on the deck of the vessel and in her hold, as is the usual and customary practice in vessels of this description engaged in this species of transportation. The…
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