Legal Opinion
Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. Vogeman
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 29, 1904PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for demurrage. On exceptions to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
The libel alleges that as owner of certain'derricks, the libellant, in April, 1901, took on board the derricks at Jersey City, certain merchandise as freight “consigned to and for delivery to” the respondent, alongside the Steamship Tripoli, then lying at Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, and duly transported the merchandise to the steamship, but the consignee to whom the same was delivered alongside the steamship, neglected and failed to discharge the merchandise within a reasonable time, causing detention to the lighters, to recover damages for which, amounting to $600, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gates v. RyanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
- Conkling v. Brooklyn Lumber Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Sutton v. Housatonic R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1891
- Donaldson v. McDowellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1873
- Sprague v. WestDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1849
3Cited by2 opinions
- Union Pac. R. v. American Smelting & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Graham v. Planters' Compress Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1904