Edwards v. The Joseph Farwell & Cargo

Toulmin, J,

When a vessel is disabled at sea, and puts into a port of refuge for repair, the ordinary expenses incurred are regarded as general average. A general average contribution is a division of the loss or expense among those benefited, and has its foundation in equity and natural justice. General average expenses include the charges of entering the harbor, as pilotage, towage, quarantine dues, docking, wharfage, *845surveys on the ship and cargo, cost of unloading, storing, and reloading cargo, and an allowance for wages of the crew, and provisions from the moment of departure from the…