Cabot v. Shaw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover money paid for freight. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendants, to this court, on appeal, on an agreed statement of facts, which, so far as material, appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The plaintiff shipped goods at Boston, by the steamship Missouri, to Liverpool, and prepaid the freight. *460The steamship was owned by a corporation established by the laws of Great Britain, and the defendants, being copartners doing business in Boston under the name of Warren & Co., are the agents of the corporation in Boston. The steamship was lost before reaching Liverpool, and the goods were never delivered. This action is brought to recover back the money paid for freight.
There is no question that the bill of lading* under which the freight was paid was the contract of the owners, and not…
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