Myers v. The Unionist
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Libel by Myers & Co. against the steamer Unionist upon a charter-party. ■ The facts fully appear in the following statement by IlirtuiKS, J.: The conceded facts of this case are as follows: On the 12th day of September, 1889, the owners of this steamei4, through their agents, Messrs. Simpson, Spence & Young, of New York, chartered the steamer to the libelants, Myers & Co., of Norfolk. The charter, or a copy thereof, is annexed to the libel.
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In Admiralty. Libel by Myers & Co. against the steamer Unionist upon a charter-party. ■ The facts fully appear in the following statement by IlirtuiKS, J.: The conceded facts of this case are as follows: On the 12th day of September, 1889, the owners of this steamei4, through their agents, Messrs. Simpson, Spence & Young, of New York, chartered the steamer to the libelants, Myers & Co., of Norfolk. The charter, or a copy thereof, is annexed to the libel. In the charter the steamer was designated as- “ trading,” and it was provided that she should take on “ a full and complete cargo of cotton…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, .1.,
(after stating the fads.) The first claim of charteiers is of .€10 sterling per day for two days alleged to have been saved from the 14 allowed them by the charter for loading, which days were to commence on the morning after the steamer’s readiness to receive cargo. The notice of readiness was given on the 25th December, a general holiday; and the contention of libelants is that, this being dies non, the legal day of readiness was the 26th December; that the loading days did not commence until the 27th; that hence they had, excluding Sundays and holidays, until the evening of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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