THE A. A. AUGUSTUS


2 F.Supp. 494 (1932)

THE A. A. AUGUSTUS. PIONEER S. S. CO. v. 194,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT.

District Court, W. D. New York.

November 17, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Ely & Richards, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Frederick L. Leckie, of Cleveland, Ohio, and John B. Richards and David S. Jackson, both of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for libelant.

Dudley, Stowe & Sawyer, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Franklin D. L. Stowe, Ray M. Stanley, and Mason O. Damon, all of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for claimant.


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...

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