Baker v. Ward

2 BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

On the 26th of July, 1866, the libellant, as master of the British bark Vivid, entered into a charter party at New York with the respondents, for the charter of the vessel to them, for a voyage from New York to Havana, for the sum of $2,900 charter money, payable in gold on the proper discharge of the cargo-in Havana. The libel avers the performance of the charter by the vessel, by the delivery of the cargo at Havana on or before the 25th of October, 1866, and that only $2,201.50 in gold has been paid on account of the charter money, and claims a decree for…