Friend v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Arthur P. Friend, is a citizen of the United States, and in February, 1917, and for some time thereafter, was actively engaged. in the business of ship broker, as sole member of, and trading and doing business under the name of, Walter, Friend & Co. II.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Arthur P. Friend, is a citizen of the United States, and in February, 1917, and for some time thereafter, was actively engaged. in the business of ship broker, as sole member of, and trading and doing business under the name of, Walter, Friend & Co. II. In the early part of the year 1917 the Coastwise Transportation Company, of Boston, Mass., employed the said Walter, Friend & Co. to effect the chartering of said transportation company’s steamship Middlesex, agreeing to pay…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, Judge
On September 24,1917, the Coastwise Transportation Company, of Boston, Mass., entered into a charter party with E. J. Lavino & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., for the use of the steamship Middlesex. The terms of the charter provided a *426monthly rental of $80,000, extending for nearly a year, and, among other stipulations, expressly set forth: “ In case of requisition or commandeering by the United States Government, or under its authority, it is mutually agreed that this charter is canceled.” The plaintiff herein indisputably procured for the Coastwise Transportation Co. the above charter. He was a…
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