The Trignac

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The libelant was the owner of certain bags of walnuts, imported upon the steamer Trignac, from France, in the year 1906. The Trignac sailed from Bordeaux upon the 14th of November, and arrived in New York on the 6th of December. The Trignac is owned in France, and carried general cargo, including other walnuts, and goods in wooden cases. The walnuts were packed in burlap bags, and upon arrival at the port of New York the contents of 24 entire bags, and part of the contents of 56 damaged bags, were not turned over to the libelant, to make up the quantity called for by…