Eastfield S. S. Co. v. McKeon
District Court, S.D. Alabama
In Admiralty. Suit by the Eastfield Steamship Company against J. T. McKeon. On exceptions to report of special commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
A decree for libelant for damages resulting from breach of charter party was entered on June 7, 1913, and an order of reference on that date made to Richard Jones, as special commissioner, to ascertain and report the full amount of such damages. The charter party covered a period of 24 months, from a certain date in 1901 to 1903, and the suit was begun in 1904. The long delay in bringing the suit to a termination was caused first by one party and the other in about equal proportions. The special commissioner disallowed interest on the amount of damages found due, and…
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- Pana v. BowlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The ScotlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Scotland County v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Stephens v. Phœnix Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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