Legal Opinion

Pendleton Bros. v. Northern Coal Co.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided August 23, 1927No. Nos. 2470, 2514Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORTON, District Judge.

These cases are libels in personam against the same defendant, which were .heard together. The first suit is to recover demurrage, or damages for detention, on the schooner Dunham Wheeler under a written charter party, dated January 4, 1923, and signed by the respondent as 'charterer. The second suit is to recover similar demurrage or damages for the schooner Bright under a similar charter party dated December 30, 1922.

The essential facts are not in dispute and might well have been stipulated by the parties with a considerable saving of time. Each charter party was for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. West Coast Naval Stores Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
Donnell v. Amoskeag Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
Evans v. BlairCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
Harding v. Cargo of 4,698 Tons of New Rivers Steam CoalDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1906
In re Cargo of 3,408 Tons of Pocahontas CoalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910

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