Perkins v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing the libel as to Abraham Isaac and Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

This suit was brought by the libelant, F. W. Perkins, against Abraham Isaac and A. M. Fogel to recover unpaid freight and de-murrage for delay in discharging the cargo of the steamship Lake Gaither, and against the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for damage done to the vessel because a safe berth was not provided for it. .

A. M. Fogel was in the business of buying and selling scrap iron. He was in Florida and talked over the telephone with Isaac, who…