Legal Opinion
Putnam Lumber Co. v. Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1938No. 8713PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
• The libel was for breach of a contract of charter. The claim was that respondent had chartered its schooner, the J. W. Clise, then at Martinique, for a full cargo of fertilizer from a safe port near Sandomingo City, to Jacksonville, Florida, at $3 per gross ton; that it had failed to furnish the schooner in accordance with the charter party; and that, compelled to procure another ship at a considerably higher freight rate, libelant had sustained damages in the sum of $3,869.43.
The defense was that though there were negotiations for, there was no, charter party; that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The GeorgianCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- W. R. Grace & Co. v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1919
- Dillenback v. The Rossend CastleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1887
- McDonald v. RosascoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1927
- West Lumber Co. v. C. R. Cummings Export Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Atlantic Lines, Ltd. v. Narwhal, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Sulphur Export Corporation v. Carribean Clipper Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
- Chapman v. Cargill, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Orient Mid-East Great Lakes Service v. International Export Lines, Ltd.District Court, D. Maryland · 1962
- Atlantic Lines, Ltd., and Chester, Blackburn & Roder, Inc., of New York, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. Narwhal, Ltd., and R. B. Kirkconnell & Bros., Ltd., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Chester, Blackburn & Roder, Inc., of Florida, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. Narwhal, Ltd., and R. B. Kirkconnell & Bros., Ltd., Defendants-Appellants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975