demurrage
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 287 U.S. 170 - Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States · 1932Most cited · 266 citing opinions
The disability of a vessel will not sustain demurrage at the rate of the value of her hire unless an award at such a rate can be seen to be reasonable when the disability is viewed in the setting of the circumstances.
How often courts cite the cases defining “demurrage”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “demurrage” — 502 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1824–1932
- ORIGINAL
demurrage is merely an allowance or compensation for the delay or detention of a vessel. It is often a matter of contract, but not necessarily so... it appears to us, that an allowance, by way of demurrage, is the true measure of damages in all cases of mere detention, for that allowance has reference to the ship's expenses, wear and tare, and common employment.