Bowen v. Sizer

BROWN, District Judge.

In the absence of any stipulated lay days, the parties have agreed that the rules established by the maritime association of this port in reference to the time for finding a berth and the rate of delivery of Southern pine should govern in this case.

Rules 4 and 5 provide that the consignee shall have “one full calendar day” after the vessel reports arrival, in which to furnish a berth for discharge, and allow a consignee for receiving cargo “one running day (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) for each 25,000 feet of lumber 1£ inches in thickness or less,” and also…