Goodwillie v. McCarthy

The schooner T. Y. Avery, loaded with lumber and bound for Chicago, was badly damaged by collision with a propeller, on the 29th of September, 1864. The propeller towed her into Mackinaw, the nearest port of refuge, and distant only a few miles from the place where the collision occurred. After making some slight repairs, and putting her deck load on the pier, she was towed by a tug to Milwaukee, the nearest port of repair, and thence by another tug to Chicago. The lumber was then delivered to Goodwillie, the consignee, upon his signing a general average bond. This is a suit upon that bond,…