U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1825

Magruder's Trustee v. Kurtz

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided May 15, 1825 · Theuston

2 D.C. 577; 16 F. Cas. 488; 2 Cranch 577

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Theuston, J., absent,)

stopped Mr. Key and Mr. Dunlop, in reply, and said that part-owners of a ship are not joint partners; each may maintain a separate action, against the ship’s husband, for his proportion of the freight; and that it was no objection that the ship’s husband was one of the part-owners; as their interests were separate, and not joint.

Verdict for the plaintiff, $929.58, with interest from 1821.

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