Sugar Products Co. v. Mobile & Gulf Nav. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Robert T. Ervin, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Mobile & Gulf Navigation Company against the Sugar Products Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, as owner of the schooners W. D. Hossack and G. J. Boyce, filed its libel in personam against appellant, as charterer, to recover damages for breach of a charter party of each of said schooners.
The charter parties, which were in all respects- similar, were dated March 27, 1918; recited that the vessels were then bound to Cienfuegos, Cuba; provided for return cargoes of molasses from the port of Mariel or Bahia Honda, Cuba, to Gulfport, Miss., or Mobile, Ala. (owner’s risk); and contained the following provisions:
“It is agreed that the lay days for loading and…
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