Wellman v. Morse
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
There are only two substantial questions in this case. The others which have been presented so easily sift out, when understood with reference to settled maritime usages and fundamental principles of maritime law, that they do not require discussion by us. The court below allowed the schooner involved in this controversy the equivalent of six days’ demurrage on a cargo of cypress lumber, transported from Appalachicola to Lvnn, the claim having arisen through detention of the cargo aboard the schooner pending the improper refusal of its owners to sign a general average…
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