Gray v. Murray
New York Court of Chancery
BILL, filed 12th oí July, 1811, stating, that in June 1807, the defendant, being owner of the ship Egeria, and having loaded her for a trading voyage from New-York to Madeira, from thence to the Cape of Good Hope, thence to Madras, thence to Calcutta, and from thence back to New-York, he hired the plaintiff’s testator, to go as supercargo on the voyage, and by. his letter of instruct lions, dated the 27th of June, 1807, he instructed the testator, that the voyage was…
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BILL, filed 12th oí July, 1811, stating, that in June 1807, the defendant, being owner of the ship Egeria, and having loaded her for a trading voyage from New-York to Madeira, from thence to the Cape of Good Hope, thence to Madras, thence to Calcutta, and from thence back to New-York, he hired the plaintiff’s testator, to go as supercargo on the voyage, and by. his letter of instruct lions, dated the 27th of June, 1807, he instructed the testator, that the voyage was undertaken, in conseqUence of a contract made by the defendant, with the house of Phelps, Page fy Co. in Madeira, by which he…
1Opinion of the Court
The cause stood over for consideration until this day, when the following opinion was delivered by his Honour;
The Chancellor.
1. The first question is, whether the plaintiff is not entitled to recover the stipulated compensation which her husband was to receive, on the completion of the voyage, for his services as supercargo.
The instructions under the hand of the defendant stated, that the testator was to receive for transacting the contemplated business, two and a half per Cent, of the value of all property brought home for the account of the defendant, arising from the proceeds of the…
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