Fisher Flouring Mills Co. v. United States

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

August 9, 1920, the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation, acting through its managing agents at Seattle, chartered the steamship Yosemite to the Fisher Flouring Mills Company and the White-Dulany Company, to carry grain from Puget Sound to European ports. The charter party provided that the rate should be $20 per long ton, that loading should not commence before October 15, 1920, and that if the vessel was not tendered ready for loading on or before 12 o’clock noon of November 15, 1920, the charterers should have the option of canceling the charter party. October…