Granger v. Providence-Washington Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge-. Suit in admiralty by Harvey Granger and Charles E. Lewis against the Providence-Washington Insurance Company. Decree for respondent, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
Libelants chartered the schooner Wellfleet to carry from Savannah to Norfolk “a full and complete cargo under and on deck of dressed yellow pine paving block material and to pay to said party of the first part or agent for the use of said vessel during the voyage aforesaid 14c. per tie of standard cross-tie of 7 by 9 inches 8%. feet long (44% superficial feet) for each and every tie delivered and pro rata for smaller or larger ties if same are shipped.” It seems strange to calculate the freight upon dressed paving block material as if it were shipped as cross-ties.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Randolph v. WileyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902
- Peterson v. Eight Hundred & Sixty-Nine Cedar LogsDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Btesh v. Royal Ins. Co., Limited, of LiverpoolCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931