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THE ATLANTEN

No. 171.

252 U.S. 313 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 332

64 L.Ed. 586

THE ATLANTEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Clarence Bishop Smith for petitioner.

Mr. Roscoe H. Hupper, with whom Mr. George H. Terriberry was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Julius Henry Cohen, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel in admiralty by a Danish corporation, the respondent here, against a Swedish corporation, owner of the steamship Atlanten, for breach of a charter party made in Denmark, on September 30, 1914. The voyage was to be from a southern port in the United States to Danish ports to be named. On January 8, 1915, the owner (the petitioner) wrote to the charterers that owing to the increased war risk and...

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