This is an appeal in admiralty from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California.
The charter-party, which lies at the foundation of the controversy, bears date on the 4th of May, 1866. The parties to it were Jansen, the claimant, and owner of the ship, and Emerick, the freighter. Both parties were merchants...
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