District Court, D. New Jersey July 15, 1952, Civ. No. C-10102 (American Foreign S. S. Corp. v. 9,000 Tons of Manganese Ore)

FORMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the American Foreign Steamship Corporation, as chartered owner of the steamships Oscar Chappell and Walker D. Hines, to enforce a maritime lien for freight in the amount •of $162,000 against a cargo of approximately 9,000 tons of manganese ore carried by these vessels in the period from February to April of 1947.