Fellows v. Hartford & New York Steamboat Co.

This is an action of assumpsit on the comInon counts, and comes before us by reservation for our advice on a very detailed statement of facts found by the Court of Common Pleas. The questions discussed at the bar are mixed questions of law and fact. In order to a full understanding of the case the entire statement of the facts is needed, and is as follows:

The plaintiffs are a copartnership, doing business in Hartford, and s'old the goods described in their bill of particulars, which were delivered by the plaintiffs on board the boats of the defendants, and were used thereon. The defendants…