Culliford v. Gomila
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. . This was a libel in admiraltj1-, m personam, filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, on the 9th of July, 1883, by A. J. Gomila and.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. . This was a libel in admiraltj1-, m personam, filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, on the 9th of July, 1883, by A. J. Gomila and. Learned Torrey, composing the firm of Gomila &■ Co., against J. H. W. Culliford and John S. Clark, composing the firm of Culliford & Clark, as owners of the steamship Deronda, a British vessel, to recover damages for the alleged breach of a charter-party entered into at New Orleans on the 19th of June, 1883, chartering that…
1Opinion of the Court
'.Mr. Justice Blatchfoed,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
We are of opinion that the Circuit Court ought to have dismissed the libel, and that its decree must be reversed.
• Negotiations for a charter of the vessel were opened in New Orleans, between De Wolf & Hammond and Gomila & Co., on the 16th of June, two days before the vessel arrived. Gomila & Co. then had a contract with Forestier & Co., made on the 7th of June, whereby the former sold to the latter a cargo of not less than 10,000 quarters and not more than 12,000 quarters, of 480 pounds…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Filley v. PopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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- George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1895
- Thompson v. Geo. W. Bush & Sons Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1894
- Talge Mahogany Co. v. NicklasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922