Tweedie Trading Co. v. Pitch Pine Lumber Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. On exceptions by both parties to commissioner’s report on reference pursuant to decision reported in 146 Fed. 612.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
Of some of the arguments at bar, it is enough to say that the interlocutory decree entitles libelant to some demurrage, assessable against respondent as for a breach by it of the contract of carriage and of section 9 of the bill of lading (both set forth at length in the decision on the merits).
The exceptions filed, and the language of the instruments referred to, require consideration of two legal queries: (1) When does the laying time begin of a ship entitled “to commence discharging immediately upon arrival”? And (2) how is the laying time to be computed if the ship…
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