Cuyamel Fruit Co. v. Johnson Iron Works, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Action at law by the Cuyamel Fruit Company against the Johnson Iron Works, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in an action at law for damages by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, and in which the defendant in error filed a reconventional demand. Judgment was for the defendant upon the original cause of action, and also in its favor on the reconvention. The action and cross-action were based upon a contract by which the defendant in error agreed to make certain repairs on the steamship Omoa at the instance of the plaintiff in error. The contract was evidenced by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hawkhurst S. S. Co. v. KeyserDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1897
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