Sleeper v. Puig
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of ■ 1 e United States for the Southern district of New York. [This was a libel by Henry J. Sleeper and others against Emilio Puig and Santiago j Puig to recover demurrage aud a balance ; due under a charter part. From a decree in favor of libelants (Case No. 12.940), respondents appealed.)
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.
By the j charter-party the vessel was chartered to the respondents for a voyage from New York to Santa Cruz (Canary Islands) and thence to Havana, Cuba. The cargo from Santa Cruz to Havana was to be stone or other lawful merchandise. The charter money was to be $4,000 gold for the round voyage, and the vessel’s port charges at the Canary Islands; one half of the charter to be “payable on the discharge of the cargo at Santa Cruz, in cash, or in approved sixty days’ bills of exchange on London, at $4 84 to the pound sterling, charterers’ option; balance on delivery of…
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