NEW YORK & PORTO RICO S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES


29 F.2d 1013 (1927)

NEW YORK & PORTO RICO S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court S. D. New York.

December 5, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, of New York City (Charles Burlingham and William J. Dean, both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Walter Schaffner, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.


THACHER, District Judge.

The case turns upon the construction of the tenth article of the requisition charter, which provides:

"In addition to the aforesaid compensation for use of the steamship, the United States agrees to reimburse the owner for any proper increases in wages and bonuses over the standard prevailing August 1, 1917, for master, officers, and crew, the owner to produce satisfactory evidence of such increases in wages or bonuses."

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