PHS. Van Ommeren Shipping (U.S.A.), Inc. v. International Bank

DIMOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are ship brokers, sue for amounts equal to the commissions which they allege would have been payable upon a contract for affreightment of *201coal, which was executed, and upon ship charters, which were projected. Defendant is not a party to the coal affreightment contract and would not have been a party to the ship charters. Allied Transportation Corporation, hereinafter “Allied”, executed the coal affreightment contract as carrier and would have executed the ship charters as charterer. Liability is sought to be imposed upon defendant based on its…