Marshall Hall Grain Co. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

BREWSTER, District Judge.

The above suits in admiralty are upon libels in person-am in a cause of breach of contract, civil and maritime. The libelants allege that the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation is operating a number of steam vessels engaged as common carriers of car*142goes on the high seas, and was operating the steamship City of Brunswick, a ship engaged in the common carriage of merchandise for hire between the port of New Orleans and the port of Antwerp, Belgium; that the libel-ants shipped and placed on board the City, of Brunswick at New Orleans certain…