Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Hurd
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 13, 1906No. 1,441PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
Thibet for demurrage. A charter party was made July 25, 1902, on behalf of the schooner J. C. Strawbridge, for a voyage from Wilmington, i\r. C., to Boston with a cargo of cypress ties. The charter party was signed on her behalf by the libel-ant as her agent. There is no dispute that he was her agent, and duly authorized to act for her owners in the management of the vessel. The charterer was the Hall Tie & Lumber Company, whose name was signed “by J. A. Hurd & Co., per authority,” and it was so signed by the respondent, Joseph A. Hurd, of Boston, who then did business…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bartlett v. A Cargo of LumberDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1890
- Sutton v. Housatonic R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1891
- Zincke v. WitthoffDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1887
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- Wasson v. StetsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914
- The Corfe CastleDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1915