Gill & Fisher, Ltd. v. Browne
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In Admiralty. Libel by John L. Browne, owner of the steamship Harbinger, against Gill & Fisher, Limited, to recover for the breach of a charter party. The court below decreed in favor of the libelant. 50 Fed. Rep. 941. Respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
By a charter party dated New York, November 5, 1891, and that day executed, Gill & Fisher, Limited, of Philadelphia, chartered the British steamship Harbinger for a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, Ealsmouth, or Plymouth for orders, with a cargo of grain, at specified freight rates. The charter party, after describing the Harbinger as “now trading,” provided “that, the said steamship being- tight, staunch, and strong, and in every way fitted for the voyage, with liberty to take outward cargo *395to-for owners’ benefit, shall, with all convenient speed, sail and…
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