Geo. F. Blake Manuf'g Co. v. The Alfred Dunois

BBOWN, District Judge.

The Dunois was a foreign vessel, under charter to a resident of Cuba. She was designed for freight service. The charterer wished to carry passengers also, and by the terms of the charter was required to pay any expense of adapting her to that traffic. His agents in this city, through their superintendent, purchased of the libellant a pump which was required by the inspectors at this port for passenger service. The captain of the ship accompanied the superintendent when the purchase was made, and examined the different pumps at the libellant’s store. The pump was…