4 D.C. 97
Decided November 15, 1830
Trover, by the assignee of a bill of lading given by the defendant as master of the brig Numa, for sundry bags of money consigned to the owners of the brig. The facts appeared to be, that J. & J. Harper, owners of the brig Numa, Ebenezer Bacon, master, shipped a cargo at Alexandria on board the brig, consigned to S. D. Harper, their supercargo.
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1943
3 state decisions
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Decided 1830-11-15
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¶1(nem. con.) was of opinion and so instructed the jury, at the prayer of the plaintiff’s counsel, that the defendant had no right to detain the bags of money, against his bill of lading, for a balance, of general account due to him by the owners of the vessel, who had assigned the bill of lading to the plaintiff for a valuable consideration.
¶2- • Verdict for the plaintiff, fi 1137.75, with interest from the 24th of December, 1827.