Kohn v. Packard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-OR.LEANS» This was an action to recover the value of a package of goods, shipped at New-York, on board a vessel, of which the defendant was captain, and consigned to the plaintiffs. It appeared from the evidence, that the package was landed on the Levee, but never came into the possession of the plaintiffs.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-OR.LEANS» This was an action to recover the value of a package of goods, shipped at New-York, on board a vessel, of which the defendant was captain, and consigned to the plaintiffs. It appeared from the evidence, that the package was landed on the Levee, but never came into the possession of the plaintiffs. The defendant rested his defence upon a notice which was published in three of the newspapers printed in the city of New-Orleans, and which was proven to have been the usual custome among the merchants of that port, and deemed by them a…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
This action is brought to recover from the defendant, the value of a package of goods, which was shipped on board the *226vessel of which he is captain, at New-York, and which the p2afntiffs allege he failed to deliver to them.
The answer puts the fact of delivery at issue, and on that point alone, the argument has turned in this court.
The package of goods, it is admitted, never reached the plaintiffs. On the arrival of the vessel in port, and on her being moored at the levee to discharge, notice to the following effect was given in three of the newspapers printed in this city: “ The packet ship…
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