Starr & Co. v. Galgate Ship Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal, from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This was a libel in personam by the (3-algate Ship Company against Starr & Co., a corporation, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a charter party. The district court rendered a decree for libelant. 58 Fed. 894. Respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
This is a libel in personam, in admiralty, brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee by reason of the refusal of appellant to fulfill the terms of a charter party alleged to have been entered into by it, through its agents. Balfour, Williamson & Co., of Liverpool, with John Joyce & Co., agents of the owner of the ship Galgate. Appellant denies the making of the agreement and also denies that Balfour, Williamson & Co. were its agents for the charter of the ship. The district court, after the trial and hearing of the case, entered an order…
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