Legal Opinion
Washington-Southern Navigation Co. v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 28, 1924No. 108PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Washington-Southern Navigation Company, the charterer of two steamers of the Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Company, filed, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a libel in personam against the owner' to recover the sum of $120,000 for breach of the charter party. The usual bond for costs was given. No attachment or seizure of the property of the respondent was made or sought. The owner traversed the essential aver-ments of the libel, and also filed a cross-libel in which it sought damages in the sum of $43,443.25. There was no…
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