Corsica Transit Co. v. W. S. Moore Grain Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Uibel by the W. S. Moore Grain Company against the steamer Corsica, claimed by the Corsica Transit Company. From a decree for libelant, claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in favor of the appellee in a proceeding in rem in admiralty. The libel was against the steamer Corsica, of which the appellant is the owner and claimant. The allegations in the libel, so far as they are material are that on or about September 14, 1915, the libelant at the city of Duluth, Minn., chartered said steamer for a cargo of wheat from the port of Duluth to Rake Erie ports, at the rate of 3 1/2 cents per bushel, shipment to be made during the last half of October, 1915, at such times during said period as Hbelant might select.…
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