Legal Opinion
Wasson v. Stetson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 18, 1914No. 687PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Burtis M. Wasson, master of the schooner H. H. Chamberlain, against Stetson, Cutler & Co.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This is a libel by the master of the schooner H. H. Chamberlain for demurrage, arising from the detention of the schooner at East Cambridge, within the port of Boston, for ten days in July, 1912, and for $32.50 “dead freight.” The written charter to the respondent provided for two voyages from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, to Boston with:
“Full cargoes dry, planed, or rough hemlock boards, the .freight as follows: The first voyage, $3.25 per M feet delivered.”
The provision for the discharge of cargo, the only other part of the charter party material for the court to consider,…
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