This case is brought before us by a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington.
It was an action of assumpsit, brought by the defendants in error, against the plaintiff in error, to recover a sum claimed for the hire of the steamboat Franklin.
The claim was founded upon a written contract...
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