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London, England, 1839-12-14 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 10.

'Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron ALDERSON,
at Guildhall.)
IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS AND BROKERS.
BROWN V. NAIRNE.—SPECIAL JURY.

r. CRESSWELL (with whom was Mr. Wollaston)
stated the case. The plaintiff is a ship-broker, and the
defendant the owner of a vessel named the Anna Ro-
bertson. The action was originally brought to recover
Mi., but 70/. had been paid into Court, and therefore
the sum now sought to be recovered was 501. The
facts of the case were these. Oa the 15th March last
the plaintiff prepared a charterparty for the defendant,
by which it was agreed that 2,000/. should be paid for
the Anna Robertson's voyage to Australasia with pas-
sengers, one half of the cash to be paid on the clear-
ance of the ship,3oo/. to be advanced abroad, and the
residue on the production of the certificate of discharge.
Tee plaintiff charged 5 per cent. upon the amount of
the freight, which the defendant refused to pay, and the
question was what compensation a ship-broker was en-
titled to receive for procuring a charterparty, there
being no special agreement between the parties, and no
course of dealing established between them. He be-
lieved the custom in the city of London to be to pay a
broker five per cent. outward, if no special agreement
was made to the contrary, and 2i homeward. There
certainly were instances in which less had been paid,
but these instances were confined to the large ship-
owners, who constantly employed the same broker, and
only paid .24 per cent. ; and to cases where ship-owners
contracted with Government to take out convicts.
Several ship-brokers and owners of vessels were
called to speak to the rate of brokerage, and they stated
that the almost invariable custom was to pay 5 per cent.,
and that they were not aware of any difference between
a chartered voyage and a general voyage.
Mr. THESIGER (with whom was Mr. Whateley) then
addressed the jury for the defendant, and called wit-
nesses in support of this view of the case, when
Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and the jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

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