White v. Schoonmaker-Connors Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; j. Warren Davis, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Schoonmaker-Connors Company, Incorporated, against John P. White. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGPIT, Circuit Judge.
The Schoonmaker-Connors Company, Incorporated, which for the purposes of this case, may be considered as the owner of the deck scow P. J. Kane No. 2, filed a libel against the *466appellant in the court below to recover for the damage that the scow sustained while under charter to the appellant, and was awarded a decree.
[1] The first question is whether there was a demise of the scow to the respondent, or whether the contract between him and the libelant was merely one of affreightment. It appears that the respondent, who needed some clay for work which he was doing in…
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