Supreme Court of the United States March 20, 1882, 140 (Pollard v. Vinton)

Mr. Justice Miller

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, who was also defendant below, was the owner of a steamboat running between the cities of Memphis, on the Mississippi River, arid' Cincinnati, on thé Ohio River, and’is sued on' a bill of lading for the non-delivery at Cincinnati of one hundred and fifty bales of cotton, according, to its terms.