American Foreign S. S. Corp. v. 9,000 Tons of Manganese Ore

FORMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the American Foreign Steamship Corporation, as chartered owner of the steamships Oscar Chappell and Walker D. Hines, to enforce a maritime lien for freight in the amount •of $162,000 against a cargo of approximately 9,000 tons of manganese ore carried by these vessels in the period from February to April of 1947. The cargo was attached at Hoboken, New Jersey, under process of this court, and was released on stipulation for value filed by the claimant •of the cargo, Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. The suit is in rem against the…