Hughes v. Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States.for the District of New Jersey; J. Warren Davis, Judge. Action by the Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke Company against James Hughes, Jr. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The one question under review concerns the measure of damages for breach of the contract in suit. Speaking of the parties as they stood in the court below, the defendant, a charterer of boats and barges, was engaged in the business of furnishing and selling water transportation. The plaintiff was a coal mining company with storage and loading facilities at Norfolk, Virginia, engaged in the sale and transportation of coal along the Atlantic seaboard.
The defendant contracted to furnish the plaintiff transportation from Norfolk, Virginia, to the dock of the General…
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