Ainesworth Coal & Iron Co. v. Trafikaktiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosund
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Libel by the Trafikaktiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosund, a corporation existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden, against the Ainesworth Coal & Iron Company, a corporation, to recover for an alleged breach of a charter party for a steamship From a decree deciding for libelant on the merits (273 Fed. 215), and a subsequent decree fixing the amount of damages (281 Fed. 231),…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Libel by the Trafikaktiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosund, a corporation existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden, against the Ainesworth Coal & Iron Company, a corporation, to recover for an alleged breach of a charter party for a steamship From a decree deciding for libelant on the merits (273 Fed. 215), and a subsequent decree fixing the amount of damages (281 Fed. 231), respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore, entered on May 31, 1922. The libel was filed by the appellee, a Swedish corporation, against the appellant, an American corporation (believed to be chartered under the laws of Pennsylvania), on the 27th of October, 1920. The parties will be referred to as libelant and respondent.
The litigation arose out of an alleged breach of a charter party for the steamship Narvick, dated September 20, 1920, whereby the owner, the libelant, chartered the Narvick to the…
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