Pioneer S. S. Co. v. 194,000 Bushels of Wheat

ADLER, District Judge.

This is an action by libelant to recover damages in the nature of demurrage for alleged unreasonable detention of the steamer A. A. Augustus at the port of Buffalo in'May, 1929. The Reliance Grain Company, Limited, as owner, claimed the grain libeled.

The libel is based upon two grounds. The first ground, that the cargo is liable for a breach of express charter provisions, I find is not sustained. The second ground, that the claimant faffed to perform its duty to provide facilities for unloading the cargo at Buffalo and to unload it within a reasonable time and with…