Mikkelsen v. A Cargo of Sugar
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. Suit for demurrage by George Mikkelsen, master of the steamship Olaf, against a cargo of sugar; the Franklin Sugar Refining Company, claimant. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
A discussion of the questions which are presented by this record to be answered may well precede a statement of the facts to be found, as the number of the latter, which arc of importance, is determined by the former. The respondent raises substantially four objections to the allowance of the claim made by the libelant.
[1] (1) The first goes to the very root of the case, because it is a denial of any obligation oil the part of the respondent to discharge the cargo. If this position be found well taken, it follows that no responsibility, for the consequences of delays…
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