Durchman v. Dunn

BROWN, District Judge.

The charter party of the skip Columbus for carrying a cargo of sprnce lumber from Batiscan, Quebec, to Buenos Ayres, under which the demurrage for delay in loading is claimed, provided as follows:

*607“Cargo to tie furnished at port of loading as fast as vessel can receive and properly stow same in suitable hours and weather, * * * Sundays and holidays excepted.”

The ship was to be loaded with lumber at Batiscan, which was the usual place of anchorage for that region at the mouth of the Batiscan river. The ordinary course of business was that the lumber for loading was brought…