W. K. Niver Coal Co. v. Cheronea S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
These appeals relate to so-called demurrages. The W. K. Niver Coal Company, a corporation organized in Pennsylvania, was the owner of the cargoes aboard the several steamships concerned. The demurrages occurred in the harbor of Boston. The steamships were chartered at Cardiff, Wales, in October and November, 1902, during the well-known coal strike in Pennsylvania, to load Welsh anthracite coal for Boston, and there discharge it. Demurrage being demanded in behalf of each of the vessels, and the charters containing the usual cesser clause, the several cargoes became…
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