Parish v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the fifth day of March, 1S63, claimants, Parish and Iluse, entered into a contract for the delivery of ice for the use of the medical department at St. Louis, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, and other points on the western rivers, for the year 1863. (See contract, appendix to petition.) It .was further stipulated in said contract (paragraph 9) that the government should be allowed three working days for discharging each cargo at the points mentioned in the contract.
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On the fifth day of March, 1S63, claimants, Parish and Iluse, entered into a contract for the delivery of ice for the use of the medical department at St. Louis, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, and other points on the western rivers, for the year 1863. (See contract, appendix to petition.) It .was further stipulated in said contract (paragraph 9) that the government should be allowed three working days for discharging each cargo at the points mentioned in the contract. After that time demurrage was to be allowed by the government for the further detention of the vessels, in accordance with the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
Joseph W. Parish and William L. Huse jointly contracted with the United States for the delivery of ice during the year 1863, at Memphis and Nashville, in Tennessee, at St. Louis, in Missouri, and at .Cairo, in Illinois, upon the condition that three working days should be allowed for the discharging of each cargo at each of the points named, after which time demurrage was to be allowed by the United States, as per charter-party or bill of lading. When the ice was ready for delivery the government had not made preparation to receive it, and the claimants were requested to obtain houses for…
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