Tweedie Trading Co. v. Craig
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Tweedie Trading Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of May, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case upon a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is brought to recover demurrage and additional special damages through the alleged failure of the defendants to furnish a cargo of lumber for loading on plaintiff’s steamship Nordpol in accordance with the provisions of a charter party made between the parties, the Southern Shipping Company acting as broker for the plaintiff and one of the defendants for the defendants, on the 7th day of January, 1907, at Savannah, Ga. The charter party is in the form of a letter addressed by said shipping company to one of the defendants and accepted by him in writing, the body of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Van Wycklen v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Germania Fire Insurance v. Memphis & Charlestown RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- McPherson v. . CoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Finn v. . CassidyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Sanford v. Spivey ex rel. BateTennessee Supreme Court · 1859
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