Nobles & Garrison from all consideration by the mixed commission. Their claim was only cognizable before the arbitrators provided for. and their arbitration was to be final. There was an immigration clause also in the contract. which was to continue for a number of years. In deciding the ease the learned commissioner held that according to the course of emigration between the Old World and the new a certain number of emigrants would have arrived in the United States. and that at least twelve hundred of such emigrants would probably have left this country during the four years fiom the execution of the contract to the time the commission sat and settled in Venezuela. according to the estimates made by the petitioners. by reason of their steamship line between the United iitates and Venezuela. Upon this estimate of the number of emigrants which the company might have taken out in their ships for four years a judgment was rendered for $30.000. No emigrants were ever carried. no ships were ever run. not a dollar was earned or expended under the contract. yet a judgment of $250.000 was awarded in this ease. I will print as a part of my remarks the opinion ofthe American commissioner in this case. It is as follows: Opinion of United States commissioner on claim of Nobles.
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