Field v. Hafnia S. S. Co.

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The motion is confined to the one feature of the claim for hire as affected by the suspending provision of the charter party. The cross-libelant has successfully maintained that the fire casualty which befell the vessel suspended all its obligations under the charter party.. It has been found in favor of the claimant that the suspension of the obligations of the contract continued throughout the life of the charter party. It was further found that the claim made for hire was not justified. We have been asked to review this latter ruling, and, in doing so, to make a…