Haller v. Fox
District Court, D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit in personam by Granville 0. Haller against Charles L. Fox, Adolph Behrens, and H. W. Baker on a bond given by charterer to owner, conditioned for'due performance of a contract for employment of a steamboat for a specified term. The sureties filed exceptions to the libel denying the jurisdiction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hanford, District Judge.
On September 3, . .>91, the defendant Fox hired the steamboat Mary F. Perley for a term of one year, and with .her owner, the libelant; executed a contract in writing, whereby they stipulated that said steamboat should during said term be employed in carrying passengers and freight upon the waters of Puget sound, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and their tributaries; that the charterer should navigate, man, and control her, and bear all expenses incident to navigating her and for supplies, insurance, and repairs, and keep her billq paid so as to prevent liens from…
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