China Pacific S.A. v. Food Corporation of India
China Pacific S.A. v. F.C.I (Agency, Necessity) FACTS: The defendant cargo owner chartered a vessel to carry a cargo of wheat from a US port to Bombay. January 21, 1975: The vessel got stranded on a reef in the South China Sea 420 miles from Manila. January 22: The ship’s managing agents signed a salvage…