Hodgdon v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for demurrage; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County, and tried to the court on the general issue, before Harrison, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and a motion for a new trial by the plaintiff. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is an action of assumpsit for demurrage. On or about December 14th, 1876, the plaintiff received on board of a vessel at Baltimore á cargo of coal consigned to the defendants at New Haven, at which port he reported himself on the 24th of December, and asked for a berth in which to discharge; but he did not come to any dock, for the reason that the ice was so thick that he could reach no wharf in the harbor unless through openings made by steam tugs or otherwise, before the 19th of January, 1877. Between these dates the defendants daily broke a passage through which they towed vessels to…
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