Vianello v. The Credit Lyonnais

A motion is made in this case that the respondents file security under the present fifty-third (formerly fifty-fourth) rule of the supreme court in admiralty.

The respondents were the consignees of certain iron imported from Europe upon the Italian bark Querini Stampalia, in December, 1881. The quantity of iron delivered being less than that described in the bill of lading, the respondents refused to pay freight, and on December 31, 1881, filed their libel in this court to recover the value of the iron not delivered.

Thereafter, on the same day, the present libelant, the master of the bark,…