Legal Opinion
Holman v. Gans S. S. Line
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 13, 1911No. 215PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by R. H. Holman against the Gans Steamship Line. From a decree for libelant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This cause arose out of a voyage charter of the steamer Birchtor. The libelant, who is the owner, claimed to recover of the charterer 4% days’ demurrage, and also the amount of 1 day’s dispatch money wrongfully deducted from the hire. The relevant parts of the charter party are:
“(1) That the said steamship being tight, staunch, and strong and in every way fitted for the voyage, * * * New Orleans or Galveston, as ordered at St Lucia, and there load (orders to be waiting .steamear at St. Lucia or lay days to count), according io custom of port, a full and complete cargo of…
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- Uren v. HagarDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1899
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