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CHAPPELL v. BRADSHAW

No. 1037.

128 U.S. 132 (1888)

9 S.Ct. 40

32 L.Ed. 369

CHAPPELL v. BRADSHAW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 29, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Hammond and Mr. B. Howard Haman for the motion.

Mr. William A. Fisher opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Bradshaw recovered judgment December 6th, 1887, against Chappell in the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland, in an action of trespass on the case, after a trial by jury upon a plea of not guilty, for damages by fire to his (Bradshaw's) schooner, alleged to have resulted from the negligence of Chappell's servants in cutting a burning scow or lighter loose from Chappell's wharf and allowing it to drift...

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