Werk v. Leathers

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

On the 31st day of March, 1869, respondent chartered the steamer Vicksburg, of which the libellant was the then owner, for the term of two months from that date, at the price of $1,-750 per month, and agreed to return her in the same condition in which he received her, and possession was given to respondent of the steamer on the same day. The respondent paid to libellant the agreed price for the first month and $500 on the price for the second month, leaving a balance of $1,150. Before the expiration of the second month of the term of the charter (and it is remarkable…