Hostetter v. Park
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was a libel, in admiralty, in personam, brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, by David Hostetter and George W. Smith, copartners as Hostetter & Smith, against R. C. Gray and the executors' of M. W. Beltzhoover, deceased, as owners of the steam-tug Iron Mountain and the barge Ironsides No. 3, to. recover '$10,182.76, with…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was a libel, in admiralty, in personam, brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, by David Hostetter and George W. Smith, copartners as Hostetter & Smith, against R. C. Gray and the executors' of M. W. Beltzhoover, deceased, as owners of the steam-tug Iron Mountain and the barge Ironsides No. 3, to. recover '$10,182.76, with interest, for damages sustained by the libellants, by the loss of sundry boxes of bitters and other merchandise shipped by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
The only questions .presented to us by the counsel for the libellants for consideration are as to what constitutes a deviation from the voyage, and what a custom or usage binding upon the libellants. No question of fact is open, because we are concluded by the facts found by the Circuit Court. The Gazelle, 128 U. S. 474, 484, and cases there cited.
The findings of fact are distinct and specific that “ it has been the general usage in the Pittsburg and New Orleans barge trade, coeval with the commencement of the business, and constantly practised where cargo is to be taken on en route to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Transportation Company v. DownerSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- The Gazelle and CargoSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Columbian Insurance v. CatlettSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Oliver v. Maryland InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
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