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WASH'N-SOUTHERN CO. v. BALTIMORE CO.

No. 108.

263 U.S. 629 (1924)

WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN NAVIGATION COMPANY v. BALTIMORE & PHILADELPHIA STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 28, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur E. Weil for Washington-Southern Navigation Company.

Mr. Thomas Raeburn White, with whom Mr. John Cadwalader, Jr., was on the brief, for Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Company.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Washington-Southern Navigation Company, the charterer of two steamers of the Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Company, filed, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a libel in personam against the owner to recover the sum of $120,000 for breach of the charter party. The usual bond for costs was given. No attachment or seizure of the property of the respondent was made or sought. The owner...

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