Cain v. Church

This, is a libel in personam to recover compensation for the detention of the schooner William Marshall in discharging a cargo of ice in the port of Baltimore. The schooner, with a cargo of 540 tons of .ice, consigned to the respondents, Church, Lara & Co., sailed from the Kennebec river, August 12, 1886. She arrived in Baltimore early on the morning of the 20th, and reported to the consignees. On the 28th> discharging not having yet commenced, the master notified Church, Lara & Co. that from the 30th he would expect and require compensation for delay. On September 2d discharging was…