Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... The Mogul Steamship Company V. Mcgregor. In the Court of Appeal, 1Spp, and in the House of Lords 18p1. Law Reports, 23 Queen's Bench Division, 598, and 1892 Appeal Cases, 25. Appeal from the judgment of Lord Coleridge, C. J., in an action tried without a jury, reported 21 Q. B. D. 544-1 The plaintiffs were the owners of vessels used in the China and Australian trades. The several defendants were owners of vessels engaged in the China trade. The plaintiffs claimed damages for a conspiracy to prevent them from carrying on their trade between London and China, and an injunction against the continuance of the alleged wrongful acts. Lord Coleridge, C. J., gave judgment for the defendants (21 Cj: B. D. 544). The plaintiffs appealed. 1889. Julv 13. The following judgments were now read: Lord Esher, M. R. In this case the evidence is voluminous and complicated. On carefully dissecting it, 'The statement of the case is abbreviated, the detailed facts being recited in Lord Esher's opinion. it seems to prove the following facts:--At some time before an agreement, which will hereafter be referred to, was entered into between the defendants, it appeared to' the defendants that if more than a certain number of ships loaded tea at Hankow or Shanghai for England, the freights before charged could not be maintained. This is shown by "suggestions to be considered as strictly confidential between the managers of the Peninsular and Oriental, the Glen and the Ocean Steamship Companies." It begins: "So long as there is a glut of tonnage at Hankow, whether 'Conference' or not, it is impossible to maintain freights." The defendants, therefore, resolved upon a plan, by which the number of vessels loading at those places should be limited. The plan was that a certain number of shi...
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