Southwestern Transp. Co. v. Pittsburg Coal Co.

In' this case there is a libel for salvage by the owners and crew of the steam-tug Alarm, in personam against the owners of numerous coal barges and of the coal contained in them. There is also a cross-libel. The case is submitted on a plea to the jurisdiction of this court as to the matters contained in the cross-libel, which was not pressed, it being not questioned that The Belfast, 7 Wall. 624, 637, controls this case, and maintains the jurisdiction. There was also a motion argued and submitted to vacate the order which had been made by the court herein under admiralty rule 53, requiring…