Gulf Port Steamship Co. v. Thomas

Fifth Circuit

Gulf Port Steamship Co. v. Thomas

69 F. 101, 16 C.C.A. 161, 1895 U.S. App. LEXIS 2370

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

DecidedMay 28, 1895

DocketNo. 369

StatusPublished

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Gulf Port Steamship Co. v. Thomas, 69 F. 101, 16 C.C.A. 161, 1895 U.S. App. LEXIS 2370 (5th Cir. 1895).

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PER CURIAM.

The controlling question in this case is whether William Thomas & Co., owners of the steamship Empire, in chartering said steamship to the Gulf Port Steamship Company, guarantied said steamship to carry a cargo of not less than 2,500 tons of cottonseed oil cake, and, or meal, and, or flour, in sacks, or, as contended hy the owners, the guaranty was for the ship to carry a cargo of 2,500 tons dead weight. The evidence is against the appellants, libelants in the court below, and, the district court having so found, the decree appealed from is affirmed.

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PER CURIAM.

The controlling question in this case is whether William Thomas & Co., owners of the steamship Empire, in chartering said steamship to the Gulf Port Steamship Company, guarantied said steamship to carry a cargo of not less than 2,500 tons of cottonseed oil cake, and, or meal, and, or flour, in sacks, or, as contended hy the owners, the guaranty was for the ship to carry a cargo of 2,500 tons dead weight. The evidence is against the appellants, libelants in the court below, and, the district court having so found, the decree appealed from is affirmed.

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69 F. 101, 16 C.C.A. 161, 1895 U.S. App. LEXIS 2370, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/gulf-port-steamship-co-v-thomas-ca5-1895.