Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Baltimore Steam-Packet Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 28, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. On exceptions to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
MOREIS, District Jndge.
This is a libel in admiralty for breach of an alleged contract of affreightment. The libel alleges that the libelanis are the agents in Baltimore of the Johnston Line of steamers, and of William Johnston & Co., Limited, of Liverpool, England, who manage and control a number of British steamers trading upon the high seas between Baltimore and Liverpool, known as the Johnston Line; that in May, 1898, the Baltimore Steam-Packet Company entered into a maritime contract of affreightment with the libelants for the shipment by said company on a steamer or steamers of the…
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