TABOR, LTD. v. WEST, LTD.

(1935) 53 Ll L Rep 124

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Charter-party-Breach-Delay on voyage -Defendants' barge chartered by plaintiffs to carry cargo of oysters from Victoria Dock, London, to West Hoo Creek, River Medway-Claim by plaintiffs for damages - Contention that voyage was not performed with reasonable dispatch; that there was such unreasonable delay amounting to frustration of the contract of carriage; alternatively, that there was delay amounting to a breach of contract- Alleged negligence of master-Evidence of voyage; of tides; and of visibility -Counterclaim by defendants for freight unpaid.