Fargrove Navigation Co. v. Lavino & Co.

Citations

• 191 F. 525
• 1911 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124

Syllabus

<p>Shipping (§ 19*) — Charters—Dispatch Money.</p> <p>A charter party for the carriage of a cargo of iron ore provided that the cargo should be loaded “at the rate of 250 tons per working day of 21 consecutive hours. * * * Sundays and holidays excepted,” also, that “loading and discharging time to count from 6 a. m. * * * Sundays and holidays and time between 1 p. m. Saturdays and 7 a. in. Mondays not to count as lay days,” and that dispatch money should be allowed “for every day saved, excluding forward Sundays and legal holidays.” Held that, in computing dispatch money for days saved, fractions as well as whole days should be counted, and that unused Saturdays should be counted as 7 hours only and Mondays as 23 hours.</p> <p>Tied. Note. — For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. §§ 187 202: Dec. Dig. § .49.*]</p>