Hoadley v. The Lizzie & Cargo

A careful examination of the pleadings and evidence in this case shows that the findings and decree of the district judge are correct. The delays on the part of the claimant in the execution of his contract seem to have been wanton and wholly inexcusable, and, wholly unexplained as they are, fully justified the libelants in breaking up the voyage, and in suing to recover their property and resulting damages. The claimant is entitled to no freight, because none was really earned, and because, if earned and required from libelants, then it would merely enhance their damages, all to be recovered in this case. It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the libelants, Russell Hoadley, Chester C. Munroe, and Prank Wesson, composing the firm of Hoadley & Co., do have and recover in solido from William Gandy, master and owner of the schooner Lizzie, claimant in this case, and William Cunningham and Albert Gerdes, as sureties on the release bond, the sum of $330.91 damages, and all costs of the district and circuit courts, and that execution may issue on this decree within five days after the same is entered and signed.