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UNITED STATES v. SHEA

No. 396.

152 U.S. 178 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 519

38 L.Ed. 403

UNITED STATES, v. SHEA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge and Mr. Conway Robinson for appellants.

Mr. Franklin H. Mackey and Mr. John W. Butterfield for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case turns upon the construction to be given to the contract of May 28, 1886, taken in connection with the action of the parties thereunder. Was this a contract of hiring or for service? In Reed v. United States, 11 Wall. 591, 600, it was said by Mr. Justice Clifford, speaking for the court:

"Affreightment contracts are of two kinds, and they differ from each...

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