Case Name: Owen Conner v. Septimus Levering
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1819-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 163
Docket Number: 
Parties: Owen Conner v. Septimus Levering.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 163–163

Head Matter:
Owen Conner v. Septimus Levering.
If goods are lost from the ship, hy the negligence of the mate, he cannot recover his wages; hut he is not liable for a mere mistake in returning to the master a hale more than was actually received.
Assumpsit, by the mate of the ship, for his wages. Defence, that a bale of goods was lost.
Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff, Mr. Taylor, for the defendant.
The Court instructed the jury, that if they should be satisfied, by the evidence, that the bale of goods was delivered to the plaintiff, or put on board of the vessel, and was lost by the negligence or fraud of the plaintiff, he could not recover in this suit; the value of the goods being more than the amount of his wages.
The Court refused to instruct the jury that the plaintiff was liable for a mere mistake in returning to the master a bale more than was actually received. See Crammer et al. v. Ship Fair American, 1 Peters, Adm. Decisions, 243, and Lawis v. Davis, 3 Johns. 18.

Opinion:
Cranch, C. J.,
gave no opinion upon the last point.