Skantze v. Keyser
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Mississippi. In Admiralty. Libel by Carl Alfred Skantze and others, owners of the Norwegian bark Arab Steed, against W. S. Keyser, for demurrage. Libel dismissed. Libelants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
Pardee, Circuit Judge.
On the 25th day of October, 1889, the Norwegian bark Arab Steed, then lying at Buenos Ayres, was chartered by W. S. Keyser, of Pensacola, to take a cargo of sawn pitch pine timber or boards or plank to any port in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The charter contained the usual general clauses, and, in addition, the following special stipulations, which are the subject of dispute in this case: “Seventeen working days are to be allowed the said merchants in which to deliver the cargo at port of loading, which is understood to mean ‘actual delivery of cargo alongside,’…
2Cited by1 opinion
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