United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Pensacola Lumber & Timber Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

By the libel in this case the appellant, United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, was charged with liability for the alleged breach of an alleged written contract made on March 24, 1920, between appellee and appellant, “by its duly authorized agents, John A. Merritt & Co.,” which stipulated as follows:

“We confirm engagement today of 600,000 superficial feet sawn p. p. timber and/or lumber per S. S. first class U. S. Shipping Board steamer for Pensacola to Liverpool, England, at forty ($40.00) dollars per thousand su. ft. underdeek prepaid delivery as…