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rEDlmAL BEPOBTEB.
faith, and, even though he acted mistakenly, it is not a case where he should be punished. In re Judson, 3 Blatchf. 148; Smith v. Stage 00.18 Abb. 419; Hilliker v. HuthorM, 5 710; Wee'" Y. Smith, S Abb. Pro 211. The motion is denied.
Go'1'TF'RIED (Oircui' P.\TBNT
v. MoERUIN and eighteen other cases. 8. D. OMo. November 22, 1882.)
ExPIREn AI!'TER SUIT BROUGHT-RELIEF GRAlft'ED. The mere fact of the patent expiring after suit brought, and before lina. hearing, will not defeat the jurisdiction. A. court of equity will administer any relief it finds necessary.
In Equity. Banning .t Banning, for complainant. Parkinson .t Parkin80n, for defendants. BAXTER, C. J. The foregoing causes came on to be heard upon the motion of defendants to dismiss each of said causes, for the reason that it appearing upon the face of the pleadings and record that the patent sued upon has expired before the submission of the cause for an injunction or any equitable relief, and the pleadings showing no cause for equitable relief other than for the purpose of an injunction, there is no ground for the intervention of a court of equity, and that no such equitable relief can be granted as to enable this court, as a court of equity, to a'3quire jurisdiction for the purpose of any relief whatever; and, said motion having been argued by counsel for defendants, the court refusing to hear arguments for complainant, and the court, being now fully advised in the premises, doth order that said motion be and the same is hereby overruled. NOTE. Judge BAXTER, in disposing of the above mQtion, said, in SUbstance, that at the time the suit was brought the patent was still in force, and it was therefore properly brought on the equity side of the court; that the mere fact of the patent expiJ'ing before final hearing would not defeat the jurisdiction; and that a court of equity would administer auy relief it found necessary. Judge GRF..8HA;\I, District of Indiana, ruled the same way in (}otlfried v. Orescent Brewing Compa,ny, 13 FED. REP. 479, the point being there made, in opposition to the entry of a decree, .. that the patent having expired before the submission of tb(' cause, the court had no jurisdiction as a court of eqUity to award an injunction or account, or other relief."
FINNEY 11. GRAND
TRUNK ·'lW.
00.
1n
FINNEY
and others v. GRAND TRUNK Ry. Co.
(Di.,trict Court, N. D. 1Uinois. 1882) 1. SHIPPING-DISCHARGE OF CARGO-DEMURRAGE.
Where a cargo of corn was unloaded as soon as practicable at defendant's elevator, it being the only elevator at the port of arrival, defendant is not liable for demurrage, notwithstanding there was a delay in unloading the cargo arising from the fact that other vessels had arrived before the libelant's vessel, and preference was given to them in unloading. 2. SAME-(''HARTER-PRESUMPTIONS.
A party making a charler of his vessel must be presumed to know the course of business at tlle port of destination, and that his vessa! must waLt until vessels which arrived before his were unloaded. 3. SAME.
Where there was no stipulation in the charter-party that the vessel should be unloaded within any special time, nor for quick dispatch, her owner cannot recover for delay caused by awaiting her turn for unloading.
W. H. Condon, for libelant. :Jhas. E. Kremer, for respondent. BLODGETT, D. J. This is a libel for damages by the owners of the schooner George C. Finney, by reason of alleged unreasonable delay in the discharge of the cargo of the schooner at Goderich. The undisputed facts are these: That the schooner was chartered in the city of Chicago, on October 18, 1880, to carry a cargo of com to Gode. rich, Canada. She took on her cargo, and sailed the day after she was chartered, which was October 19th. Her bill of lading showed a shipment of 20,055 bushels of corn at the port of Chicago, to be transported to Goderi6h, and there delivered "for account of G. P. Comstock & Co.," "in care of the Grand Trnnk Railway Company." No promise was made for any special time in which the cargo was to be discharged; .nor was there any clause in the bill of lading requiring dispatch in discharging. . The schooner arrived at Goderich on the morning of October 23d, and her captain reported that he was ready to begin that morning; but he was told that there were five other vessels ahead of him, and he must wait his tum. The Grand Trunk Railway had only one elevator at Goderich, and it took until the afternoon of October 30th to unload the five vessels which had arrived and reported ahead of the Finney. 'On the afternoon of the 30th they began unloading the Finney, bpt owing to rough weather they were unable to fully discharge her cargo till about noon of the first of November.