Gronstadt v. Witthoff

This action was brought against the owners and consignees of 2,090 empty petroleum barrels, imported in the ship Petropolis, from Pillau, and consigned to the respondents in New York, to recover four days’ demurrage, at the rate of £10 per day, for delay in receiving the barrels beyond the time specified in the bill of lading. The ease turns partly on the construction of the bill o.f lading, and partly on the question whether the respondents were bound to receive the barrels on lighters instead of on the wharf.

The Petropolis had a cargo consisting mainly of iron, with the petroleum barrels…