Dene Steam Shipping Co. v. Tweedie Trading Co.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by the libellant, the Dene Steam Shipping Company, Limited, owner of the steamship Myrtledene, to recover a balance of charter hire, amounting to $2,-486.70 claimed to be due from the Tweedie Trading Company under charter dated December 10, 1902, and a continuation thereof dated March 31, 1903. There is no dispute as to the correctness of such amount and the fact that it has not been paid, but the respondent claims that it has offsets amounting to $2,180.95.

These offsets arise out of various expenses incurred by the respondent in connection with…