Legal Opinion
Balfour v. Portland & Asiatic S. S. Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided February 8, 1909No. 4,791PublishedCited by 8 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
This is a libel for the recovery of damages for the breach of a contract of affreightment, whereby it is alleged the respondent agreed to carry 1,750 tons of flour from Portland, Or., to Japanese ports. The breach consists in the refusal of the respondent to carry the flour as agreed.. A dispute arose at the outset whether any contract was ever in fact consummated. This, together with the controversy following, requires a statement of all negotiations had between the parties relative to the subject.
The respondent was, at the time, engaged in navigating a line of…
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- The StyriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1900
- The CheshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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