Seas Shipping Co. v. 3,251,000 Feet of Lumber

INCH, District Judge.

These two suits are so intimately connected that one decision will suffice for both. There is no substantial dispute as to the facts. Indeed, what occurred in each ease is plain. The difficulty is in finding the legal rights of the parties under the circumstances. The questions raised are important and the amounts involved substantial.

The suit of the libelant Seas Shipping Company, Inc., is based on the following facts:

Libelant owned the steamship Robin Gray. On October 5, 1926, libelant chartered the entire ship to the Southern Alberta Lumber Company, which was in the…