Peters v. Rohrman
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Admiralty. Libel by 'David West Peters, suing on his own behalf and on behalf of himself and another, formerly partners trading as Peters & Co., now in liquidation, against Joseph B. Rohrman and another.
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, District Judge.
On May 2, 1917, the schooner Henry Lippitt was chartered by Capt. Adrian E. Hooper, the master thereof, to carry for the libelant a cargo of oil from New York to France. *339The vessel’s failure to make the voyage obliged the libelant to secure another schooner to transport his cargo, which necessitated the payment of a higher freight charge than that called for by the charter party of the Henry Rippitt. At the 'time of the making of the charter party, and for a long time prior thereto, the respondents were the owners of shares in the Henry Rippitt — Rohrman possessing au 11…
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