Van Buren v. Canal Boat E. M. McChesney

The libel in this case alleges that in November, 1873, at the city of Buffalo, the libelants shipped on board of the canal boat E. M. McChesney, then lying in the Buffalo creek or river, a navigable stream emptying into Lake Erie, about 15,000 bushels of oats, to be transported on said boat from Buffalo to the city of Mew York and there delivered to A. B. Gray & Co., the agents of the libelants, for a certain rate of freight then agreed to be paid by the libelants; that the boat proceeded on said voyage with said oats, and being detained by the ice in the canal did not arrive at the city of…