Kinsman Transit Co. v. 50,000 Bushels of Wheat

ADLER, District Judge.

This is an action for damages in the nature of demurrage brought by the owner of the steamer Henry Steinbrenner against a portion of her cargo for unreasonable detention of the vessel at the Port o£ Buffalo in May, 1929. 50,000 bushels of wheat were shipped on the vessel by James Richardson and Sons, Limited, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Buffalo in care of Charles Kennedy & Company of Buffalo, who thereupon became the care party according to the usage of that port. James Richardson & Sons, Limited, sold the grain to the Seaboard Grain Company, and the Seaboard Grain Company…