Fox v. Holt

This was a libel in- personam against the respondent Holt as master, and both the respondents as owners, of the schooner “ Daniel Russell,” a domestic vessel belonging to Portland in this state, within the collection district of Middletown, and registered at the latter port. The suit is to recover damages for the breach of a contract of affreightment in the failure to deliver a part of a cargo of coal shipped at Rondout, in the state of New York, and to be delivered at Deep River, in this state. The amount in controversy is not large, but the principles involved are of interest to persons *559owni…