United States v. International Agricultural Corp.

HAZEL, District Judge.

In this case the United States, the owner, through the Shipping Board, of the Steamship Bellota, chartered by 'respondent, seeks to recover $4,000 demurrage from respondent. The cargo consisted of phosphate rock, and the transportation was from Port Tampa to Wilmington, N. C., in March, 1920.

The material facts are undisputed. The records and arguments submitted present two questions for decision, the first relating to the time when the steamer Bel-lota was ready to receive her cargo. Is li-belant entitled to recover demurrage from the time the vessel arrived in port for…