Arbor Shipping Co. v. De La Guardia, Inc.

The British steamship Ulmus was chartered to the appellee De La Guardia, Inc., on a time charter, for the period from June to October, 1927. During that time, she carried fifteen cargoes of pulpwood from Penteeoste, in the province of Quebec, to, Three Rivers, Quebec,, for the appellants. The contract of carriage between appellants and appellee De La Guardia, Inc., for these shipments was made April 8, 1928; the cargoes were to be loaded and discharged free of expense to the vessel, and the vessel was to be free of wharfage at loading and discharging points. Appellants were not wharfingers.…