Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. v. The Chadwicke

The libel in this case was filed to recover damages against the steam-ship Chadwicke, for refusing, on arrival at New York, to go to Perth Amboy to unload, as it is claimed she was bound to do, on request, under a stipulation of the charter.

On the eleventh of January, 1886, at Middlesbro’ on Tees, England, the vessel was chartered to the libelants to take on board 1,300 tons of spiegel iron, etc., and, “being so loaded, therewith to proceed to the port .of New York, Perth Amboj-, Jersey City, Hoboken, or Brooklyn, and there deliver the same as ordered on arrival.” The charter, however,…