Pedersen v. Eugster

Billings, D. J.

In this cause the only question submitted is as to the meaning of the words “working days,” as used in a charter-party executed in the city of New Orleans. The vessel was chartered for a voyage to Trieste. The charter-party provided “that lay days for loading shall be as follows: If not sooner dispatched, 14 working days, Sundays excepted, for loading; and eight days, Sundays excepted, for discharging at Trieste.” The answer admits the allegations of the libel that-days were consumed in lading beyond the lay days allowed in the contract, if only Sundays and holidays are to be…