Griffith v. Ingledew
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ACTION on the case. On the 24th October, 1815, A. T. Patterson, of Liverpool, shipped on board the brig Hope, of which the defendant, Thomas Ingledevb, was the owner, a quantity of copper, which, by the bill of lading, was to be delivered to the plaintiff, Robert E. Griffith, or his assigns, in Philadelphia. The copper belonged to the shipper, and the freight was payable in Liverpool.
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ACTION on the case. On the 24th October, 1815, A. T. Patterson, of Liverpool, shipped on board the brig Hope, of which the defendant, Thomas Ingledevb, was the owner, a quantity of copper, which, by the bill of lading, was to be delivered to the plaintiff, Robert E. Griffith, or his assigns, in Philadelphia. The copper belonged to the shipper, and the freight was payable in Liverpool. A portion of it being injured by negligent carriage, this action was brought to ver damages. On the trial before Gibson, J., on the 24th November, 1820, several questions arose ; but that which was chiefly…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
This is an action on the case, brought by Robert E. Griffith against Thomas Ingledew, owner of the ship Hope, foi negligence 'in the carriage of a quantity of copper shipped at Liverpool, by A. T. Patterson, to be delivered at the port of Philadelphia, to the plaintiff or his assigns. Although, by the bills of lading signed by Joseph Hall, the master of the ship, the copper was to be delivered to the plaintiff, yet it appeared by the invoice that it was shipped on the account of Patterson. The defendant’s counsel contended, therefore, on the trial, that the action should have been brought by…
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