GLIDDEN COMPANY v. HELLENIC LINES, LIMITED

No. 113, Docket 25812.

275 F.2d 253 (1960)

GLIDDEN COMPANY, Libelant-Appellant, v. HELLENIC LINES, LIMITED, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Stonebridge, New York City (Wilbur E. Dow, Jr. and Dow & Stonebridge, New York City, on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Wharton Poor, New York City (R. Glenn Bauer and Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and MOORE and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

The Glidden Company appeals from a judgment dismissing its libel in admiralty to recover damages for the alleged breach of four charter parties between it and Hellenic Lines, Limited. The suit, brought about by Hellenic's admitted failure to perform the contracts because of the closing of the Suez Canal on November 2, 1956 in the Israeli-Egyptian war, presents an interesting problem in the law of frustration of

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