Paterson v. Dakin

This libel is filed against George Dakin, master of the ship Austria^ and Wylie, Fisk & Co., brokers and agents of the owners of the ship. It is filed for three purposes, viz.: (1) To enjoin the defendants from enforcing a claim for demurrage against the cargo, the charter-*683party providing that the master or owner is to have a lien on the cargo for all demurrage; (2) to require defendants to execute and deliver to libelants a proper clear bill of lading for the cargo; (8) to'recover of the defendants such damages as libelants may have sustained by the failure and refusal of the master to sign…