delivery
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 72 U.S. 481 - The Eddy · 1866Most cited · 147 citing opinions
maritime, wharf
Delivery on the wharf in the case of goods transported by ships is sufficient under our law, if due notice be given to the consignees and the different consignments be properly separated, so as to be open to inspection and conveniently accessible to their respective owners.
How the Supreme Court has restated “delivery”
Each Supreme Court definition of “delivery,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “delivery”
Court decisions citing the 3 opinions that defined “delivery” — 181 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 3 definitions, chronological · 1859–1866
- ORIGINAL
The delivery contemplated by the contract was a transfer of the property into the power and possession of the consignees. The surrender of possession by the master must be attended with no fact to impair the title or affect the peaceful enjoyment of the property.
If Simpson had agreed to accept the deed in liquidation of his debt, and constituted the register his agent to receive it, then the delivery of the deed to the register would have been in legal contemplation a delivery to him.
constructive