Bartlett v. A Cargo of Lumber
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Action by the master of the brig George E. Dale against a cargo lately on board that vessel, to recover demurrage. The bill of lading under which the lumber was transported contained no provision as to time of discharge, or for “dispatch.”
1Opinion of the CourtBenedict, J.
This is an action for demurrage. The detention complained of was delay in unloading the schooner George E. Dale. The cargo was lumber. The consignee’s place of discharge was a pier where there was a space of some 250 feet. When the George E. Dale arrived at this place of discharge, she found the schooner Emerson there before her. The Eltie was then discharging at the pier. After the Eltie was discharged the Emerson was given the berth, and then the Dale was given the berth and discharged. The position of the libelant is that there was room for two vessels to lie at the pier and be discharged…
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