Legal Opinion
Forsyth v. Stetson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 6, 1898No. 898PublishedCited by 4 opinions
. This was a libel in admiralty for demurrage for delay caused by a failure to provide a place for discharging a cargo consigned to respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The respondents were wholesale dealers in lumber, having offices in St. John, H. B., in Boston, and in other places. They had no wharf in Boston. A cargo of lumber was shipped by them on board the libelant’s schooner Viola from St. John to Boston. The bill of lading was dated July 5, 1897, and read as follows:
“Shipped in good order, and well conditioned, by Stetson, Cutler & Co., on board the Br. Sch’r called the Viola, whereof Eorsyth is master, and bound for Boston, Mass., to say;
—Being marked and numbered as in the margin; and are to be delivered in the like good…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cross v. . BeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Owen v. 65,000 Bushels of CornDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1893
- Wordin v. BemisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Keen v. AudenriedDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1872
- Smith v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
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3Cited by4 opinions
- New Ruperra S. S. Co. v. 2,000 Tons of CoalDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1903
- Gilbert Transp. Co. v. BordenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
- In re 2,098 Tons of CoalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
- Leonard v. William G. Barker Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914