SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The libelant chartered the respondent's coastwise barge R. W. McDonald and loaded her with a cargo of scrap iron for transportation from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Florence, N. J. Under the charter party the respondent was a private carrier and the Harter Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 190 et seq.) was incorporated by express reference. The barge was in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied at the outset of the voyage, when taken...
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