Britain S. S. Co. v. George E. Warren Corp.

Fletcher Moulton, L. J.,

read a dissenting opinion.

*201In Royal Mail Steam Packet Company v. River Plate Steamship Company, [1910] 1 K.B. 600, it was held that where a charter party provided “the owners of the ship to pay 10£ per day despatch money for each running day saved,” the phrase must refer to time saved to the ship. The court reviewed the cases considered above, and speaking of the Nelson Case, said: “I must confess that the judgment of Fletcher Moulton, L.J. strongly commends itself to me and that I agree with the reasons given by him.” The court then held that the words “running days”…