In re Diamond Coal & Coke Co.

ORR, District Judge.

This is a proceeding by the Diamond Coal & Coke Company, a corporation organized under the- laws of the state of Pennsylvania, to limit its liability for the results of the breaking loose of nine barges during a rise of the Monongahela river on January 2, 1919. The limitation of liability is claimed under section 4283 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 8021), which reads as follows:

“The liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any…