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WATTS, WATTS & CO. v. UNIONE AUSTRIACA & c.

No. 25.

248 U.S. 9 (1918)

WATTS, WATTS & COMPANY, LIMITED, v. UNIONE AUSTRIACA DI NAVIGAZIONE & c.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 4, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Woolsey, with whom Mr. J. Parker Kirlin and Mr. Cletus Keating were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles S. Haight, with whom Mr. Clarence Bishop Smith was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war against Germany, and on August 12, 1914, against Austria-Hungary. Prior to August 4, Watts, Watts & Co., Limited, a British corporation, had supplied to Unione Austriaca di Navigazione, an Austro-Hungarian corporation, bunker coal at Algiers, a dependency of the French Republic. Drafts on London given therefor having...

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