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PENDLETON v. BENNER LINE

No. 178.

246 U.S. 353 (1918)

PENDLETON v. BENNER LINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harvey D. Goulder and Mr. Avery F. Cushman, with whom Mr. E. Henry Lacombe was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. D. Roger Englar for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel brought by the Benner Line against the Pendleton brothers upon a charter party purporting to be made between "Pendleton Bros., agents of the schooner `Edith Olcott'" and the libellant, and signed "Pendleton Brothers." The ground of the suit is that the vessel was unseaworthy at the beginning of the voyage and that by reason thereof she sank and her entire cargo was lost. Both Courts below held...

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