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SHIP HOWARD, &C. ET AL. v. WISSMAN

59 U.S. 231 (1855)

18 How. 231

THE SHIP HOWARD, HER TACKLE, &C., WILLIAM F. SCHMIDT AND GEORGE BELCHER, CLAIMANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. FREDERICK WISSMAN, LIBELLANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Johnson, for the appellants, upon which side there was also a brief filed by Mr. Donohue, and by Mr. Betts, for the appellees, upon which side there was also a brief filed by Mr. Cutting.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a proceeding in rem, against a foreign vessel, by libel; charging that the libellant shipped on her, at Hamburg, in Germany, 5,004 bushels of potatoes in good order and well conditioned for the purpose of shipping, and that, by the long and wilful delay of the vessel at Hamburg, and on her voyage to New York, (the port of destination,) and through the carelessness and misconduct of the master and owner...

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