HARROWING STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. v. LOUIS DREYFUS & CO.

(1928) 32 Ll L Rep 278

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Wright.

Charter-party - Custom of the port (Karachi) - Claim by shipowners for balance of freight admitted-Counterclaim by charterers in respect of short delivery (sugar) and for indemnity against liabilities incurred as ship's agents to receivers - Adoption at Karachi by ship's agents of method of discharge under "1919 agreement" -Whether shipowners liable for short delivery in absence of agent to terms of "1919 agreement" - Indian Sea Customs Act, 1878, Sect. 64-Held that "1919 agreement" was not proved to be a universal custom; that the agreement did not bind shipowners without assent to its terms; and that it was inconsistent with the terms of the charter-party.