Bancroft—Whitney Co. v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
District Court, N.D. California
This is a libel by the Bancroft-Whitney Company and others against the steamship Queen of the Pacific, of which, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company is claimant, to recover damages for breach of contracts of affreightment.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
The libel in this case embraces 38 Separate claims for damages arising ont of breach of contracts of *214affreightment , in the transportation of distinct lots of merchandise on the Queen of the Pacific. The practice of joining a number of claims in one libel is permissible in a court of admiralty to avoid á multiplicity of suits. Rich v. Lambert, 12 How. 347; Sun Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mississippi Val. Transp. Co., 14 Fed. 701. The action is for the purpose of enforcing the claims in rem against the steamship, which is owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. The alleged…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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