Schooner Freeman, &C. v. Buckingham
Supreme Court of the United States
This was án appeal from the circuit court of the United States for'the northérn district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Haven made the following points:— l.*Hickox, the.claimant, was the owner of the schooner Freeman.
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This was án appeal from the circuit court of the United States for'the northérn district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Haven made the following points:— l.*Hickox, the.claimant, was the owner of the schooner Freeman. He agreed to sell herto John Holmes for’ $4,500,-payable in five instalments, at various times from June, 1351, to December, 1853. And on such payments being made, and other conditións complied with, he agreed to give John Holmes a good and sufficient bill of sale of her, &e. By this agreement, the property of the claimant 'in the schooner was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of New York.
The appellees filed their libel in the district court, alleging that they are the consignees named in two bills of 'lading, signed by the master of the Schooner Freeman, which' certify that certain quantities of flour had been shipped on board the -schooner by S. Holmes and Company, at Cleveland,- in the State of Ohio, to be carried to Buffalo, in the State, of New York, and there safely delivered — dangers of navigation excepted — to an agent named in the bills of lading, to be by…
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