GOODWIN v. UNITED STATES


84 U.S. 515 (1873)

17 Wall. 515

GOODWIN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.J.D. Fuller, for the appellants; Messrs. G.H. Williams and C.H. Hill, contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

The charter-party out of which this controversy has arisen is dated on the 26th of August, 1865. It stipulates, among other things (1), that the schooner was then, and while in the service of the government should be kept, "tight, staunch, and strong," at the cost of the owners, and that the time lost by any deficiency in these respects should not...

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