Lake Steam Shipping Co. v. Bacon

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought to recover hire of the steamship Avonmore from April 16, 1903, to May 13, 1903. It was held—(D. C.) 129 Fed. 819—that under the terms of the charter party, there could be no recovery of hire, while the vessel was in an unfit state to perform the service for which she was engaged, owing to her condition arising from a stranding on Anegada Reef, Virgin Islands, but the time occupied in discharging in New York should be paid for and the matter was sent to a commissioner to assess the damages in such respect. Testimony was then taken tending to show…