Legal Opinion
New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co. v. Guayaquil & Q. R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 15, 1920No. 90PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company against the Guayaquil & Quito Railroad Company to-recover damages for delay in loading and dead freight on shortage of cargo. .Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The Guayaquil & Quito Railroad Company and the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, through the International Shipping Corporation, ás brokers, entered into a contract as follows:
“The Guayaquil & Quito Railroad Company,
“25 Broad Street, New York, March 2, 1917.
“Joseph C. Quirk, Esq., Sec’y & Mgr., International Shipping Corp’n., No. 11 Broadway, New York City — Dear Sir: We are in receipt o! your letter of the 1st instant, offering us space for up to 2,000 tons of coal for late March or early April loading, the freight rate to bo $13.00 per ton to Guayaquil, Ecuador,…
2Cited by3 opinions
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