Wheaton v. Weston

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

This action is founded upon the breach of a charter party, and includes several items of claim, to each of which an appropriate defense has been taken. I shall only notice, however, the general defense that is made to all the items, namely, that the charter party, which was executed in October, 1899, was not stamped as required by the war revenue act of June 13, 1898, 30 Stat. 460, c. 448, 2 Supp. Rev. St. 793. The relevant provisions of the act are as follows:

“Charter Party: Contract of agreement for the charter of any ship, or vessel, or steamer, or any…