The James Martin
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Note of evidence by tbe judge: The schooner James Martin, 225 tons, was owned in Boston by several persons; William II. Browno, her master, owning an eighth part. This part was insured at §800, and had been insured at that rate for 12 years. The schooner was 25 years old. In March last she took on a cargo of fertilizers, to the amount of 260 tons, consigned to Allison & Addison, in Richmond, Va.
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Note of evidence by tbe judge: The schooner James Martin, 225 tons, was owned in Boston by several persons; William II. Browno, her master, owning an eighth part. This part was insured at §800, and had been insured at that rate for 12 years. The schooner was 25 years old. In March last she took on a cargo of fertilizers, to the amount of 260 tons, consigned to Allison & Addison, in Richmond, Va. This cargo was insured with the Virginia Piro & Marino Insurance Company, one of the libelants hero. The fertilizer was worth §40 per ton, or some §6,000 or §7,000. When the Martin was about ready to…
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
The original libel in this case, filed on the 24th of April, 1882, by the owners of the cargo and their insurers, claims damages for tort charged to have been committed by the ma ster and crew of the James Martin, in having cut away her masts, *652and cut holes in her hull, and abandoned her to perish at sea. The amended libel, filed at the hearing, claims damages from the failure of the master and crew to bring the vessel into port, because of bad seamanship and the.unseaworthiness of the vessel. The owners make a cross claim for the freight contracted to be paid on the…
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