Legal Opinion
Birt v. Hardie
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 17, 1904PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This action was brought by the corporation of Birt, Potter & Hughes, Limited, the charterer of the ship Albuera against John Hardie & Company, her owners, to recover the damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the refusal of the master to receive as a part of her cargo some 300 tons of flour in sacks, on a voyage from New York to Australia, the property of third persons, unless the charterer would give him a letter of indemnity against any damages the flour might suffer from the fumes of some 13,140 cases of refined petroleum, and 100 cases of turpentine,…
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- Boyd v. MosesSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Svendsen v. StursbergDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1887
- Card v. HineDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1889
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