Campbell

HAZEL, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in rem against the

steamer Gordon Campbell to recover damages to a cargo of clipped white oats, shipped by libelants in good condition at the port of Chicago, Ill. to Buffalo, N. Y. The elicited facts support the conclusion that the *436owners of the cargo have shown by preponderating evidence that the carrying vessel the Gordon Campbell was in fault, in that it was not in a reasonably fit condition at the time of sailing, and, in consequence, her cargo of 80,000 bushels of oats, or a substantial part thereof, became heated or sweat-damaged. The charter,…