Swan v. Wiley, Harker & Camp Co.

WARD, Circuit Judge.

This is a libel for demurrage by the owners of the barkentiue Herbert Fuller against the charterers. The charter parly, made between the master of the first part and the charterers of the second part, contains the following clause;

“It is agreed that the lay days for loading and discharging shall he as follows (if not sooner dispatched), commencing from the time the vessel is ready to receive or discharge cargo, for loading, thirty-live thousand leer per day, ¡Sundays aud holidays excepted and customary dispatch discharging, and that for each and every day’s detention by…