The Ethelwold

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The Cuba Planters’ Company, a fruit raising corporation, filed a libel against the steamer Ethelwold and her owners, in this court, upon January 17, 1908, for damages caused by the loss of certain bananas jettisoned at the time of the stranding of the steamer while under charter to carry a cargo of bananas for the libelant. This action resulted in a default and the entry of an interlocutory decree against the steamer and the company, under which decree the steamer was sold, and the proceeds, amounting to $3,-750, deposited in the registry of this court. Subsequently…