Tweedie Trading Co. v. Parlin & Orendorff Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United Státes for the Northern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. _ _ Suit in admiralty by the Tweedie Trading Company against the Par-lin & Orendorff. Company. Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United Státes for the Northern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. _ _ Suit in admiralty by the Tweedie Trading Company against the Par-lin & Orendorff. Company. Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals. The appellant, Tweedie Trading Company, filed their libel in personam against the appellee, Parlin & Orendorff Company, to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract of affreightment, and this appeal is from a decree dismissing the libel on final hearing of the issues.. . The written instrument in suit is…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit' Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The appellant-libelant is a New York corporation, operating lines of steamers, with several steamers plying between New York and the South American ports of Buenos Ayres and Rosario, and filed its libel in personamj for recovery against the appellee, an Illinois corporation and manufacturer of agricultural implements, for nonperformance of an alleged executory contract of affreightment. The agreement in suit purports to be made in New York, on February 6, 1906, between the appellant, as carrier, and the appellee, as shipper, with…
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