Jensen v Hollis Bros & Company Limited
Shipping – Charter-party – Construction – “Expected ready to load” – Impossible date.
By a charter-party, dated 30 August 1934, the plaintiffs agreed to load certain timber at the
“end of August 1934.” There was an option to cancel the charter-party if a vessel was not
ready to load on or before 20 September 1934. The vessel was, in fact, ready for loading on
27 September 1934:—