Gill v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit brought to recover com.pensation for the use of a certain vessel or schooner, called the Gold Hunter, formerly belonging to the plaintiff. The cause ■was tried at the Jefferson circuit, in June,- 1813, before Mr; , - Justice Spencer. . . The defendant was, in the summer and autumn of 1813, a 7 v«, deputy-quarter-master general, in the service of the United States.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit brought to recover com.pensation for the use of a certain vessel or schooner, called the Gold Hunter, formerly belonging to the plaintiff. The cause ■was tried at the Jefferson circuit, in June,- 1813, before Mr; , - Justice Spencer. . . The defendant was, in the summer and autumn of 1813, a 7 v«, deputy-quarter-master general, in the service of the United States. The vessel in question had been seized by the collector of Oswego, and the defendant obtained" possession of, and used her, without the consent either of the collector, or plaintiff, for the service…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. This is JO ^ - ■ . . an action ot assumpsit to recover compensation for the use of 1 i y-, 7 7 TT n1 . x ,rw1 the schooner brold Hunter, belonging to the plaintiff. The vessel was, in point of fact, employed in the service of the United States; and the only question in the- case is, whether, under the circumstances, the defendant is personally responsible. It was matter of general and public notoriety, that the defendant was a quarter master, acting in behalf of the United' States. Whether, in this particular case, he contracted in that…
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