Alaska Coast Co. v. Alaska Barge Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered September 4, 1913, dismissing an action for breach of contract, after a trial on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is an action upon a charter party, for damages to a steamboat, it being alleged that the charterer breached its contract in failing to return the boat in good condition.
The appellant, being the owner of the steamship “Jeannie,” chartered it to the respondent for voyages from Puget Sound to ports in southeastern Alaska. The charter party provides that the vessel should be delivered to the respondent “unmanned and without a crew;” that the owner should carry insurance on the steamship “not to exceed $27,000,” in some insurance company satisfactory to it, for which the *218charterer agreed to…
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