J. HOMER FRITCH, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 64.

248 U.S. 458 (1919)

J. HOMER FRITCH, INCORPORATED, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. McCutchen and Mr. Ira A. Campbell, for plaintiffs in error, submitted.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson, with whom Mr. Charles S. Coffey was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Liability of the United States for the hire of a ship for two charter periods was asserted. The trial court allowed recovery for one period and rejected it for the other and the court below affirmed its action. The case is here because of alleged error committed in not allowing for both. The Government insists that we have no jurisdiction because the judgment of the trial court was exclusively susceptible...

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