The Gulfport
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama: Robert T. Érvin, Judge. Rihel by the Ollinger ’& Bruce Dry Dock Company against the tug Gulfport, claimed by the Gulfport Towing Company. Erom a decree for the libelant (243 Eed. 676), claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the claimant of the tug Gulfport from a decree against that vessel rendered on a libel in admiralty which disclosed the following state of facts; The libelant owned and operated dry docks located on the east bank of the Mobile river, one of which was made up of seven sections, which could be operated jointly as one dock or separately and in different combinations according to the size of the vessel to be docked. On or about June 28, 1916, the libelant, at the request of the owner of the tug Gulf-port, for a stated price raised it on three sections of…
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