District Court, D. South Carolina July 15, 1858 (Morrison v. The Unicorn)

MAGRATH, District Judge.

The argument in this ease relates exclusively to the construction of certain words in a maritime contract, between the libellants and the master of the brig Unicorn, in the port of Havana. By the written obligation, the sum loaned was £1,622 17s., 8d., steriing, at a premium oí twenty-five per centum; its payment secured by the block, the cargo and freight, of the brig.