Legal Opinion
Reading Co. v. Dexter-Carpenter Coal Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 13, 1951PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOHEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff moves for summary judgment in this action to recover demurrage for the detention of coal cars from September 28, 1946 to November 10, 1946. There is no dispute between the parties as to the facts and it seems to me that under the law plaintiff must have summary judgment.
On September 28, 1946, defendant, having shipped coal to the Port Richmond Coal Piers, Philadelphia, Pa., in plaintiff’s cars, registered the SS Ferdinand R. Hass-ler as the ship which was to take on that cargo. The vessel, manned by a West Coast crew, was prevented from loading by a maritime…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Clinchfield Fuel Co.District Court, W.D. South Carolina · 1951
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