Noyes v. Munson S. S. Line

ADAMS, District Judge.

Winchester Noyes claims the recovery in this action from the Munson Line of unpaid hire, amounting to $1,-064.84, of the steamer Dorisbrook, under charter dated October 8, 1904. The contract of hiring was covered by the usual form of time charter. The respondent, after sundry denials, alleges:

“Fourteenth: Further answering the libel, the respondent alleges that the charter of the steamship Dorisbrook contained, among others, the following provisions:

‘Steamer to be placed at the disposal of the charterers at New York * * * being on her delivery ready to receive cargo, and…