Levois v. Gale
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Beaumont, J. The laws of tho port of shipment, not of destination, govern a contact of affreightment, Hampton v, Thaddeus¡ é M. 584; Hennen’s Digest, 1423, No. 1; Felix, Droit International, privé, vol. 1, Nos. 96 et 210. Connaissement, C. Com. Art. 222. Le capitaine est responsable des marehandises dont il se charge. H en fournit nne reconnaissance. Cette reconnaissance se nomme con-naissement.
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from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Beaumont, J. The laws of tho port of shipment, not of destination, govern a contact of affreightment, Hampton v, Thaddeus¡ é M. 584; Hennen’s Digest, 1423, No. 1; Felix, Droit International, privé, vol. 1, Nos. 96 et 210. Connaissement, C. Com. Art. 222. Le capitaine est responsable des marehandises dont il se charge. H en fournit nne reconnaissance. Cette reconnaissance se nomme con-naissement. Ord. 1681, liv. 2, tit. 1, art. 9; C. N. 1782, 1783; C. Com. 281, 293, 420. Responsabilité, Pardessus, droit commercial, Com. 2, p. 364, No. 541. Le…
1Opinion of the CourtLabauve, J.
The plaintiff alleges that, on the 19th August, 1859, in Havre, he skipped, and the captain received, on board of said ship, a package, marked T. L. No. 18, containing “watches, music boxes, and articles of jewelry,” of the value of $2,415 17; that the ship failed to deliver said package to the consignee, in New Orleans, according to the bill of lading. He prays that the defendants be decreed to pay, in solido, for the non-delivery of said box, the sum of $2,415 17.
Defendants answered by a general denial; they further answered, that the box was described in the bill of lading as a package of…
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