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TEXAS CO. v. HOGARTH SHIPPING CO.

No. 555.

256 U.S. 619 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 612

65 L.Ed. 1123

THE TEXAS COMPANY v. HOGARTH SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., OWNER OF THE STEAMSHIP BARON OGILVY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Griffin for petitioner:

Mr. John M. Woolsey for respondents.

Mr. Frederic R. Coudert and Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the British Embassy as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for an alleged breach of a voyage charterparty entered into in New York, February 6, 1915, between a British corporation, which owned the Baron Ogilvy and other freight ships, and a Texas corporation, which was engaged in shipping and marketing petroleum products. The charter-party did not name a particular ship as the subject of the hiring, but required...

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