The Atlanten
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a libel in admiralty by a Danish corporation, the respondent here, against a Swedish corporation, owner of the steamship Atlanten, for breach of a charter party made in Denmark, on September 30, 1914. The voyage was to be from a southern port in the United States to Danish ports to be named. On January 8, 1915, the owner (the petitioner) wrote to the charterers that owing to the increased war risk and other difficulties “we are compelled to cancel the Atlanten’s charter party Pensacola to Scandinavia, and are ready to take all the consequences the Court after Clause No. 24 in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Watts v. CamorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. McMullenSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Aktieselskabet Korn-og Foderstof Kompagniet v. Rederiaktiebolaget AtlantenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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