Reilly v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for demurrage under charter. On exceptions to libel for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libel was filed to recover “in a cause of contract and demurrage.” The libel avers that the respondent is a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of Pennsylvania; that “the respondent is, or one or more of its directors and officers are, within this district and jurisdiction; that one Lawrence J. Barrett was its agent, and that the libelant’s vessel was chartered or employed through him to carry a cargo of coal from Port Beading in New Jersey to some place in the harbor of New York, to be thereafter designated; that in pursuance of said contract the…
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- Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- In Re HohorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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