PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in favor of the libelant, who was the charterer of the steamship Fort Gaines, awarding damages against her owner for breach of the warranty of seaworthiness contained in the charter party. The vessel was chartered on August 27, 1925, for a period of 11 months, and was used by the charterer in the fruit trade between Jamaica and Baltimore. Her officers and crew were employed and paid by the owner, who agreed to...
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