Legal Opinion
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Levensaler
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 4, 1923No. 3913PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Eevensaler and others, partners, under the name of W. D. Sheldon & Co., instituted an action in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation to recover damages alleged to have resulted from a failure of the Shipping Board to perform a contract to load and transport a quantity of barley. A demurrer to the declaration having been overruled, the defendant pleaded that it had never promised and was not indebted as alleged. Issue was joined upon the pleas, and the case proceeded to trial before a jury, which resulted in a…
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