Tatsuuma Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha v. Robert Dollar Co.

BEAN, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in rem brought by the Robert Dollar Company against the Japanese steamer Hakutatsu Maru. It is alleged in the libel: That on May 27, 1925, the libelant shipped on the Hakutatsu Maru from Vancouver, B. C., to Hongkong, a cargo of lumber, and prepaid the freight thereon. That the shipment arrived in Hongkong on September 13, 1925. Although demanded by libelant, the vessel refused to make delivery until libelant had paid an additional sum of $1,580.68. That the libelant, being in immediate need of the lumber, paid such amount under protest, and it has…