Magowan v. Andrews

These are cross-libels on the same charter party, and may be considered together, the testimony taken in the first case being applicable to both. Andrews & Locke, having a contract with tlie United States to deliver 30,000 tons of stone at the Delaware breakwater, on or before the thirtieth of June, 1885, chartered the barge South America from Robert A. Magowan, its sole owner, for the special purpose of carrying the stone from Wilmington, or any other place on the Delaware river, or its tributaries, to the breakwater, for the term of six months from the first day of January, 1885, at the…