Legal Opinion
Pyman S. S. Co. v. Mexican Cent. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 16, 1909No. 200PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree awarding to the libelant, the owner of the steamship Dunholme, demurrage by reason of her detention in the port of Philadelphia from December 24, 1906, to January 4, 1907. The opinion of the District Judge will be found in 164 Fed. 441.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The relevant clauses of the charter party are as follows:
“ * * * That the said steamer * * * shall * * * proceed to the port of Philadelphia and after discharge of her inward cargo there load in the customary manner from the agents of the freighters, at such dock or wharf as she may be ordered to by charterers’ agents on arrival, full and complete cargo, consisting of about 5,000 tons of coal. * * *
“It is agreed that the days for loading and discharging shall be as follows: Commencing at 6 o’clock a. m. on the day after vessel reports and is ready to receive or…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Steamship Rutherglen Co. v. Howard Houlder & Partners, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- United States v. F. S. Royster Guano Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1923