United States Court of Claims December 15, 1867 (Freeman v. United States)

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Peck, JV

delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioners claim for the hire of a steamboat, and the court find the facts to be—

That on the 25th day of April, 1861, Melanethon Freeman, Henry *274O. Freeman and John H. Suckley were co-partners in trade, doing business in the city of New York, under the firm and style of M. M. Freeman & Co.