Anderson v. Bowring & Co.

DIETRICH, District Judge.

The libelant seeks to recover from the respondent $895, claimed to be due as a balance on account of the hire by the latter from the former of the steamship Germanicus for a trip to the west coast of/ South America. By the terms of the charter party the libelant was to receive, as hire, at the rate of i 1,075 sterling per calendar month, and the only question is whether the respondent should be required to pay for the period intervening between June 15 and June 22, 1907. Two objections are urged to the claim: (1) That the vessel was not delivered to respondent until…