Taisho Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha v. Gano Moore Co.

MORRIS, District Judge.

Taisho Kaiun Kabushiki Kaisha, a Japanese corporation and the owner of the steamship Meiwu Maru, filed its libel in admiralty against Gano Moore Company, a Delaware corporation, to recover demurrage for the detention of the ship at Hampton Roads, the port of loading, beyond the lay days allowed by the charter party. That contract provides: “Cargo to be loaded into steamer with customary dispatch, in accordance with the rules of the port of loading, but within ten (10) running days, Sundays and holidays excepted.” The parties agree that the steamer tendered itself in…