The Ada
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 the Universal Transportation Company, Incorporated, against the steamship Ada; Rederiaktiebo Laget Amie, claimant. Appeal by claimant from decree disallowing costs.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge.
The decree appealed from was entered upon the mandate of this court issued in The Ada, 250 Fed. 194, — C. C. A. —.
Our decision disposed of the case upon a single point, viz. that the so-called charter party, for breach of which the libel was brought, was in substance and legal effect no more than a contract of sale, was not of a maritime nature, did not give rise to a maritime lien, and that therefore admiralty had no jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the suit.
This left nothing for the District Court to do but enter a final decree upon our mandate. On the settlement…
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- City Bank of Fort Worth v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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