Nelson v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of the United States
These suits were brought in the District Court for the southern district of New York. They were cross-libels in personam on the same maritime contract, and the evidence was identical in both cases. Nelson and his. associates were the owners of the ship Maid of Orleans, on board of which a cargo of lard in barrels and tierces was shipped at New Orleans for New York in .July, 1854, consigned to Woodruff & Co., at New York.
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These suits were brought in the District Court for the southern district of New York. They were cross-libels in personam on the same maritime contract, and the evidence was identical in both cases. Nelson and his. associates were the owners of the ship Maid of Orleans, on board of which a cargo of lard in barrels and tierces was shipped at New Orleans for New York in .July, 1854, consigned to Woodruff & Co., at New York. The ship-owners demanded the freight according to the'bills of lading, and the consignees claimed damages for the non-delivery of a large part of the lard, which, they…
1Opinion of the Court
Mi’. Justice WAYNE.
We are now about to decide two ap-
peals in admiralty from the Circuit Court U. S. of the southern district of New York.
They are substantially cross-actions, and the testimony is the same in both. They have been fully argued, and shall be discussed by us with reference to the rights and liabilities of the parties growing out of their pleadings, and the bills of lading upon which they rely.
William Nelson and others are the owners of the ship Maid of Orleans, and they have filéd their libel to recover from John 0. Woodruff and Robt. M. Henning, survivors of the firm of James…
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