South American Metal Co. v. Kjoge

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in admiralty by the South American Metal Company, charterer of the motor vessel Theodore Roosevelt, and cross-appeal by the master and owner of the vessel. The vessel was chartered to transport a cargo of 9,500 tons of coal, more or less, from Norfolk, Va., to two ports on the coast of Chile, Iquique and Antofagasta. Libel was filed by the charterer claiming dispatch money alleged to have been earned at Iquique and Antofagasta, amounting to $5,499.88 in excess of the amount paid on that account by the owner, and for the sum of $990.18, alleged to have…