Blanchard v. Page
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit on a bill of lading and on certain receipts. At the trial in this court at March term 1854, Merrick, J, ordered a nonsuit, subject to the opinion of the whole court, who, after argument, delivered an opinion in favor of the defendants. The plaintiffs thereupon moved for a rehearing, which was granted, and the case reargued in writing. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
This is an action of contract, brought by John A. Blanchard and others, constituting the firm of Blanchard, *282Converse & Co., merchants of Boston, against Rufus K. Page and others, owners of the ship St. Peters, to recover damage for a loss on goods delivered to the defendants at Boston, to be carried, for a stipulated freight, to New Orleans. The ship was put up for freight by advertisement, by the authority of the defendants, as a general ship, by Silloway, Calef & Co. shipping agents, and a bill of lading was signed in- behalf of the master, by one of the shipping agents, dated April 1851.
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