Salvatore & Emanuele Fili v. 13,986 Bales of Cork Shavings

GODDARD, District Judge.

The libel-ants sued to recover the extra expenses alleged to have been incurred as a result of the failure of the consignee to take cargo from alongside the ship.

The libel sets forth that the libelants entered into a charter party with the claimant, chartering to the claimant the steamship Sur-sum Corda for the carriage of bales of cork from Portimao and Lisbon, Portugal, to New York; that, upon her arrival at New York with her cargo, the consignee was duly notified, but failed to take delivery; and that, in order to discharge the steamer, the libelants were compelled…