American Warehouse & Trading Co. v. Davison Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal, from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. 'Suit in admiralty by the American Warehouse & Trading Company against the Davison Lumber Company, with Winfield S. Pendleton impleaded. From the decree, libelant and respondent Pendleton appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The libel was filed against the Davison Lumber Company, the charterer of the schooner Mount Hope, to recover wharfage furnished to her at Hoboken, N. J., between December 24, 1915, and January 23, 1916. The Lumber Company brought in the respondent Winfield S. Pendleton a part owner of the schooner, under the fifty-ninth rule in admiralty (29 Sup. Ct. xlvi).
The charter party was between the master of the schooner and the Davison Company, and was signed in the master’s name by Pendle-ton Bros., Incorporated, the agents of the schooner. It was for the carrying capacity only,…
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- The LoyalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- Scull v. RaymondDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1883
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