Case Name: The ELI WHITNEY
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1848-10
Citations: 8 F. Cas. 455
Docket Number: Case No. 4,345
Parties: The ELI WHITNEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 8
Pages: 455–455

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,345.
The ELI WHITNEY.
[1 Blatchf. 360.]
Circuit Court, S. D. New York.
Oct. Term, 1848.
[Reported by Samuel Blatchford, Esq., and here reprinted by permission.]
[Affirming Case No. 792a.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
held that parol evidence was inadmissible to enlarge or vary the terms of the charter-party, there being no stipulation in it as to the precise amount of cargo to be carried, and that, in the case of a charter-party, a suit in rem was not maintainable for the misrepresentation or concealment of facts by the master or owner of a vessel in respect to her tonnage or capacity.
Decree affirmed.