Burdge v. Two Hundred & Twenty Tons of Fish Scrap

Morris, D. J.

The respondents in this case chartered the schooner Martha Welsh for a voyage from Steam’s Works, Guilford, Connecticut, to Baltimore, Maryland, and they engaged to provide and furnish to the vessel at Guilford 200 tons of dried fish scrap, in bulk — cargo to be put in vessel’s hold by shippers, but trimmed, stowed and discharged by vessel’s dispatch in loading and discharging. The charter-party contains this stipulation: “Charterers guaranty ten feet of water at wharf, at Guilford, and agree to lighter balance of cargo at their expense.” I am satisfied from the testimony that…