The Murfield
District Court, N.D. Florida
In Admiralty. Suit by W. I,. Wittich, as W. IS. Wittich & Co., against the British steamship Muirfield, and cross-libel by the master of the steamer.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPPARD, District Judge.
W. D. Wittich libeled the British steamship Muirfield, which he had loaded with cargo pursuant to charter, and claims by his libel a balance due him on account of dispatch money earned because of time saved to the vessel out of the lay days allowed in the charter party for loading cargo.
The master of said steamer filed'a cross-libel, asserting that, notwithstanding the charter party provided that the charterer, Wittich, should pay all the tonnage dues and port charges, he had refused to pay the additional tonnage tax assessed by the customs officials here, amounting…
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