Legal Opinion
Palmer & Parker Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 16, 1926No. 1973PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a libel under the Suits in Admiralty Act (Act March 9, 1920 [Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §§ 1251[4-1251¼l]) to recover damages to a cargo of mahogany logs shipped, by the libelant on the steamship Mt. Shasta, owned by the United States Shipping Board. It was heard on oral and written evidence. The facts are as follows:
Under date of May 19, 1920, the Shipping Board chartered the Mt. Shasta to the Mt. Shasta Steamship Company, of which Victor S. Pox & Co. were managers. It was a charter sale agreement in the form commonly used by the Shipping Board, amounting to a…
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