United States v. Dexter & Carpenter, Inc.

BONDY, District Judge.

This is a suit to determine the amount of dispatch money earned under a charter party. The charterer deducted from freight money the sum of $4,382.86 for dispatch. The shipowner claims that the proper deduction should have been $1,241.74, and sues to recover the balance of $3,141.12.

Article 4 of the charter party provides: “Lay days for loading, if required by the party of the second part, not to commence before June 21,1920, otherwise lay days to commence from the time steamer is reported ready to load (or within 48 hours after readiness to load if delayed awaiting turn…