Harney v. The Sydney L. Wright
District Court, E.D. Virginia
By a charter-party, dated on the 23d day of September, 18S0, the Delaware Transportation Company of Philadelphia, chartered to John E. Reeside of Washington City, the steamer Sydney L. Wright, to be used on the waters of Albemarle Sound, in North Carolina, on a route from Elizabeth City to Eden-ton, from the 1st of October, 1880, until the 1st of May, 1881. The price of the hiring was a fixed sum per month; the steamer was to be delivered to Reeside at Norfolk City, and…
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By a charter-party, dated on the 23d day of September, 18S0, the Delaware Transportation Company of Philadelphia, chartered to John E. Reeside of Washington City, the steamer Sydney L. Wright, to be used on the waters of Albemarle Sound, in North Carolina, on a route from Elizabeth City to Eden-ton, from the 1st of October, 1880, until the 1st of May, 1881. The price of the hiring was a fixed sum per month; the steamer was to be delivered to Reeside at Norfolk City, and after her service was ended, he was to return and deliver her at Norfolk. The captain, engineer and fireman of the steamer…
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
As to the question of fact in this case, I think there can be no doubt from the evidence, that the wheelbarrow referred to held one-eighth of a long ton, or 280 pounds of coal; and, therefore, that the amount due the libellants, and unpaid, is $575.65. The main controverted question in the case is, therefore, the question of law: whether the charterer of a chartered vessel can bind her for necessary supplies in a foreign port. Here, the general owner was a resident of Philadelphia; and the special owner, or charterer, a resident of Washington City. In Elizabeth City,…
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