James Richardson & Sons, Ltd. v. 158,200 Bushels of No. 1 Northern Manitoba Wheat

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The libelants are owners, as their interests may appear, of cargoes of wheat transported from Buffalo to New York on six canal barges under a contract of affreightment between James Richardson & Sons, Limited (for convenience hereafter referred to as Richardson) and W. E. Hedger Transportation Corporation (hereafter 'referred to as Hedger). Hedger having threatened to sell the wheat for freight charges, the libelants filed a possessory libel in rem against the cargoes and in personam against Pledger and the bargees of the six canal boats on which the cargoes were laden.…