Milmine Bodman & Co. v. Empire Canal Corp.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Each of the libelants contracted with Empire Canal Corporation, a private carrier, for the carriage of a quantity of grain from Buffalo to New York through the State Barge Canal. A full cargo of rye belonging to Mil-mine Bodman & Co. was laden on board the steel barge U. S. No. 217, and a similar cargo of wheat belonging to Norris Grain Company of New York was laden on board the steel barge U. S. No. 237. These two barges, together with two others, were taken in tow by the steel canal steamer Herkimer. All vessels of the fleet were owned by New York Canal & Great Lakes…