Dreyfus v. O/Y Wipu

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant, a French copartnership doing business in New York, filed its libel to recover damages for breach of a contract, entered into August 17, 1939, in London, England, whereby the owner of the Finnish Steamship Wilja chartered her to the libellants to proceed from New York to Montreal, Sorel, Quebec or Three Rivers and there load grain and carry it to Cardiff, Barry, Swansea, London, Hull, Antwerp or Rotterdam, with an option of additional ports of destination, all in the British Isles. The rates of freight were specified in the charterparty.

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