Coffin v. The Osceola

The exceptions in this case cover two questions which deserve attention: First, whether the libelants can recover demurrage foi! the detention of their boat while undergoing repairs, when it appears that the work that the injured boat would have done but for the collision •was done by another boat owned by the libelants, and ivhich was at the time without other employment. The commissioner allowed demurrage, and I think he was right. It is true that this is not like the cases of The Cayuga, 1 Ben. 171, and The Favorita, Id. 30, — an action for detention of a ferry-boat, — but it is within the…