Olympia Shipping Corp. v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Corporation against the Olympia Shipping Corporation. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
In June and July, 1919, at the port of New York, the appellee, Morse Dry Dock & Repair Corporation, furnished “repairs, supplies, and other necessaries” to the steamship Parthian, then owned by the appellant, Olympia Shipping Corporation, to the claimed amount and value of $30,000.17, for which it filed a libel against that vessel in the Southern District of New York. Afterwards and pending trial an arrangement was made by which the appellee agreed to accept $25,000 in full-—$15,000 in cash and $10,000 in short-time notes—on condition that the notes be paid at maturity.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Emily SouderSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Loeb v. . WillisNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. ChesbroughCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1914
- Hanson v. HansonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
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