Wood v. Keyser
District Court, N.D. Florida
This was a libel in admiralty to recover demurrage, alleged to be due under a charter party. On final hearing on libel, answer, and stipulation of tacts.
1Opinion of the Court
SWAYNE, District Judge.
This is an action by the owners of the British steamship Daybreak against the charterers to recover demur-rage for the detention of the said vessel at Pensacola, the loading port, for 13 days in excess of the 14 working days allowed in the charter party for the furnishing of the cargo. The libel alleges the ownership of the steamship by the libelants, the making of the charter party, and that the vessel proceeded to Pensacola, and on the 31st day of March, 1896, gave notice of readiness to receive cargo, but shipment was not completed within the time fixed, but was…
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