Rederiaktiebolaget Amie v. Universal Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the Universal Transportation Company, Incorporated, against the Rederiaktiebolaget Amie. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
May 16, 1916, after the decision of the admiralty suit considered in the opinion handed down herewith (250 Fed. 194,-C. C. A.-), the Universal Company began an action at law with a warrant of foreign attachment against the Amie Company to recover damages for its breach of the contract of sale of the steamer Ada. The defendant withdrew the steamer April 6, 1916, and justified its action on the ground that the plaintiff had not paid an installment of charter hire due April 4th in the sum of $45,000 on that day; the contract giving the defendant the right of “immediately”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Roehm v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- The AdaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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