The Sursum Corda

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

The libel alleges that the libelants are the owners of the steamship Sursum Corda; that the libelants entered into a charter party with the claimant whereby they chartered to the claimant the steamship Sursum Corda to carry a cargo of cork from Portimao and Lisbon, Portugal, to the port of New York; that pursuant to the terms of the charter party the steamship proceeded to Lisbon and took on board 13,986 bales of cork and thereafter proceeded to' carry the same to New York; that the charter party, among other clauses, contained a provision requiring the…