The Owego
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Herman & Herman, Incorporated, against the steamship Owego; the Owego Steamship Corporation, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The parties have submitted a very incomplete record, and the District Judge has entered a decree for the libel-ant, without giving any reasons whatever for his conclusion. We must do the best we can with such a situation.
October 4, 1916, the owners of the steamer Owego chartered her to the Federal Forwarding Company for the term of one year from daté of delivery, which was January 28, 1917. The charter was not a de*968mise, and obviously intended that the master should sign bills of lading; article 9 providing:
“9. * * * And the charterers hereby agree to indemnify the owners…
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