Legal Opinion
Furness Withy (Chartering), Inc., Panama v. World Energy Systems Associates, Inc., Wesa, Inc., Hemmert Shipping Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1985No. 84-7742PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This complicated admiralty case arises, out of an unusual incident that occurred in Mobile, Alabama on August 10, 1981. On that day, an inexperienced seller of coal, who is not a party to this appeal, was under binding contract with two different companies to ship coal from Mobile to Taiwan. This appeal involves the determination of which of those two companies must sustain the loss growing out of the dual contracts.
On November 27, 1980, Dr. Paul Liu, a director of World Energy Systems Associates, Inc. (World Energy) contracted to supply 50,000 metric tons of coal to…
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