Legal Opinion
Krauss Bros. Lumber Co. v. Dimon S. S. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1932No. 6660PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
The appellant filed a libel in rem against the steamship Pacific Cedar, and in personam against her owner. The trial court sustained the exception to the libel filed by the respondent upon the ground that admiralty was without jurisdiction over the matter and-dismissed the libel. Prom this decree the libelant takes this appeal.
The object of the action is to recover an overpayment of freight made by the libelant to the respondent. The claim arises from the contingent' character of the contract of affreightment contained in the “booking agreement” dated November 22,1929,…
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