Falls of Keltie S. S. Co. v. United States & Australasia S. S. Co.

BROWN District Judge.

The parties having agreed upon the amount of charter hire, the only question presented to the court fox-decision, is as to the amount to be allowed as a counterclaim, if any, on account of the delay in the passage of the steamship Falls of Kellie fx-om Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to Norfolk, Ya., in July and August, 190(). The charter was for "a period of about six months with chaitex-er’s option of about nine or twelve months between New York and Cape Verde Islands, South African ports, Australian ports, etc., etc. and IJ. S. ports north of Halteras. * * * Hire to…