Essex S. S. Co. v. Langbehn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas; Waller T. Burns, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Essex Steamship Company, Rimited, against J. H. Dangbehn. Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
The appeal involves the validity and construction of a charter party between the appellant, as owner, and the appellee, as charterer, for the alleged breach of which the appellant instituted this action against the appellee. The appellee conceciedly refused to carry out the agreement, justifying his refusal upon the changed conditions that arose, after the charter party was entered into and before its performance was entered upon, by the declaration of war between Germany and Great Britain. The salient facts are not in conflict. When the charter party was entered into,…
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