U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia November 15, 1825 (Simmes v. Marine Insurance Co. of Alexandria)

The CouRT

refused to give the instruction, as prayed, but instructed the jury, in effect, that if they should be satisfied by the evidence that Levin Stewart only retained the legal title as his security for $1,260, and permitted the plaintiff to take possession of the vessel, and use it for his own benefit, and that the plaintiff rigged, fitted out, and furnished the said vessel at his own