Trafikatiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosand v. Ainesworth Coal & Iron Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. IJbel by the Trañkatiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosand against the Ainesworth Coal & Iron Company to recover damages for the cancellation of a charter party, to which the respondent filed a cross-libel for breach of the charter party.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
Each of the parties is a corporation — the libelant of Sweden; the respondent of this country. The former chartered its steamship Narvik to the latter, to carry 6,500 tons of coal, 10 per cent, more or less, at $15 per ton, from Baltimore, Norfolk, or Philadelphia, to a Scandinavian port. Had the charter been carried out, the freight earned would have been somewhere between $87,750 and $107,250. The parties will be referred to as the owner and the charterer, respectively.
*216The charter was negotiated on behalf of the owner by New York brokers, in accordance with cable-…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kauffman v. RaederCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- The AlidaUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ainesworth Coal & Iron Co. v. Trafikaktiedolaget Grangesberg OxelosundCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1923
- Trafikatiedolaget Grangesberg Oxelosand v. Ainesworth Coal & Iron Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1922