Simonton v. Winter
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, and county of Washington. In the circuit court, the defendants in error, the plaintiffs below, instituted an action of covenant on a charter-party, "'‘dated July 15th, 1820, at Bath, Maine, by which they, the plaintiffs, let and hired to the [*142 defendant, the brig James Monroe, to proceed from Bath to Havana, thence to Mobile and elsewhere, as Simonton should direct, the dangers of the seas excepted, for the term of…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, and county of Washington. In the circuit court, the defendants in error, the plaintiffs below, instituted an action of covenant on a charter-party, "'‘dated July 15th, 1820, at Bath, Maine, by which they, the plaintiffs, let and hired to the [*142 defendant, the brig James Monroe, to proceed from Bath to Havana, thence to Mobile and elsewhere, as Simonton should direct, the dangers of the seas excepted, for the term of twelve months from the 7th of July. The plaintiffs covenanted to keep the brig in good order, and well victualled,…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — This case comes before the court upon a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia. The action is covenant, on a charter-party, dated the 15th of July 1820, by which the plaintiffs in the court below let and hired to the defendant, the brig James Monroe, to proceed from Bath, in the state or Maine, to Havana, thence to Mobile, or elsewhere, as the defendant might direct, for the term of twelve months, from the 7th day of the said month of July ; at and after the rate of $425 per month. And the plaintiffs cove-*1471 nante^…
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