The Hiram

TOULMIN, District Judge.

There is no claim in this case that the vessel was unseaworthy at the time she sailed with the cargo *139on board, or that tbe damage complained' of was caused from the unseaworthiness of the vessel during the voyage; and it appears that she was not unseaworthy when taking the cargo aboard, but that she was discovered to he so while being prepared to receive the cargo. On the discovery of a leak in the water tank, she was considered unseaworthy, and the master stopped the work of prep-' ara lion for cargo, and proceeded at once to repair the tank. The contention of…