George v. The Aeronaut
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. The Aeronaut was owned by Mrs. White, who resided in Jersey City. Her business was transacted by her husband in New York, which was the headquarters of the vessel. The steamer was chartered to the Newcomb Rapid Transit Company, a New Jersey corporation, for $20 a day, payable in'advance, to run between New York and South Norwalk, Conn. The office of the transportation company was in New York.
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In Admiralty. The Aeronaut was owned by Mrs. White, who resided in Jersey City. Her business was transacted by her husband in New York, which was the headquarters of the vessel. The steamer was chartered to the Newcomb Rapid Transit Company, a New Jersey corporation, for $20 a day, payable in'advance, to run between New York and South Norwalk, Conn. The office of the transportation company was in New York. The charterers were owners pro hac vice, and were to pay all the vessel’s running expenses.' Supplies to the amount of $180.94, principally for the engineer’s department, were furnished the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeown, J.
The libelants made no inquiries as to whether the charterers owned or had chartered the Aeronaut. A year or two previous they had furnished supplies to her on Mr. White’s order, when she was running under his direction; but as it is not clear that the libelants had any recollection of these prior transactions with the vessel at the time of their negotiations with the rapid transit company, I shall not consider whether or not they were fairly put upon inquiry as to the relations of the transit company to the Aeronaut. Independently of this consideration, however, and treating the libelants as…
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