ANGFARTYGS A/B HALFDAN v. PRICE & PIERCE, LTD.

(1939) 63 Ll L Rep 35

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Atkinson.

Charter-party - Dead freight - Bundled and unbundled timber-Vessel to load a full and complete cargo of "mill awn red and/or white firwood deals and/or battens and/or boards and/or scantlings and/or slatings in bundles and/or laths in bundles and/or planed boards and/or floorings, the quantity of slatings to consist of about 80 standards, the quantity of laths to consist of about 30 standards . . . with a sufficient quantity of ends, eight feet and under, for broken stowage only . . ." -Vessel loaded with full cargo of 727 standards, including 294 standards of bundled boards-Full cargo 40 standards less than if unbundled timber had been shipped- Claim by shipowners for dead freight-Meaning of dead freight-Right of charterers to ship bundled timber, other than 80 standards of slatings and 30 standards of laths-Custom of trade-Whether overriding obligation to load full and complete cargo-Measure of damages.