STEAMSHIP CO. OF 1912 v. C. H. PEARSON & SON HARDWOOD CO.

No. 166.

30 F.2d 770 (1929)

STEAMSHIP CO. OF 1912 v. C. H. PEARSON & SON HARDWOOD CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 18, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Woolsey, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Earl Appleman and L. De Grove Potter, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Burlingham, Veeder, Fearey, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (William J. Dean, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The most important question raised by this appeal is whether, under a charter providing that "charterers are to furnish cargo alongside steamer within reach of steamer's tackles as fast as steamer can load in suitable hours and weather," evidence was admissible that it was customary at the loading ports to load cargo into one or two hatches at a time, although the ship was prepared to receive at four...

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