Harrison v. Fortlage

Citations

• 161 U.S. 57
• 16 S. Ct. 488
• 40 L. Ed. 616
• 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2137

Syllabus

<p>A contract for the sale of goods “shipping or to be shipped during this month from the Philippines to Philadelphia, per steamer Empress of India,” at a certain price “ ex ship”; “ sea-damaged, if any, to be taken at a fair allowance; no arrival, no sale;” and providing that if, by any unforeseen accident, she is unable to load and no other steamer can be procured within the month, the contract is to be void; does not require' the goods to be carried to their destination by the vessel named; and is satisfied if the goods are put on board of her at the Philippines at the time specified, and, upon her being so injured on the voyage by perils of the sea as to be unable to carry them on, are forwarded by her master by another steamer to Philadelphia.</p>