Hinckley v. Wilson Lumber Co.
District Court, D. Maine
In Admiralty. Suit by Frederick J. Hinckley and others, as owners of the schooner Maud H. Dudley, against the Wilson. I,umber Company.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This libel is brought by the managing owner of the three-masted schooner Maud H. Dudley against the charterer to recover dead freight and demurrage arising out of a charter of the vessel. The schooner is of the burden of about 328 tons, owned by the libelants, and employed by them in the lumber and coal trades between southern ports and New England ports. The managing agent brings the libel for the owners.
At the time in question Capt. Charles Grover, an experienced ship-master, was in command of the schooner. The case shows that on May 17, 1912, the respondent purchased…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gracie v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Donnell v. Amoskeag Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- Merchants' Banking Co. v. Cargo of the AftonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- Garfield & Proctor Coal Co. v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Harding v. Cargo of 4,698 Tons of New Rivers Steam CoalDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1906
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