Pierce v. Winsor
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was an admiralty appeal. The respondents [Nathaniel Winsor and others] chartered of the libellant [Henry A. Pierce] the ship Golden City, for a voyage to San Francisco, and then put her up as a general ship. A quantity of mastic was shipped as freight by the United States government from their works in New York to the fort at Fort Point, San Francisco.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was an admiralty appeal. The respondents [Nathaniel Winsor and others] chartered of the libellant [Henry A. Pierce] the ship Golden City, for a voyage to San Francisco, and then put her up as a general ship. A quantity of mastic was shipped as freight by the United States government from their works in New York to the fort at Fort Point, San Francisco. The mastic was in casks, and was stowed in bulk in the run. Upon the arrival of the ship out it was found that the mastic had run together and among…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
2 [This is an appeal in admiralty from the decree of the district court of the United States for this district, in a cause of contract, civil and maritime. The libellant was the owner of the ship Golden City, and the respondents were the charterers for a voyage from Boston to San Francisco. Charter-party bears date on the 4th day of May, 1858, and the libel was filed on the 10th day of November, 1859. The respondents chartered the whole ship, with the usual exceptions of the cabin and necessary room for the accommodation of the crew and stowage of the sails, cables,…
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