Willard Sutherland & Co. v. United States

WARD, Circuit Judge.

March 1, 1921, a libel was filed to recover from the United States a balance due for coal supplied to tho steamer Eastern Mariner Jnne 19, 1920.

Article 3 is as follows; “Third. The libelant elects to have this suit proceed 'in accordance with the principles applicable to libels in rem pursuant to the act of Congress approved March 9, 1920, entitled ‘An act authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty, suits for salvage services, and providing for tho release of merchant vessels belonging to the United States from arrest and attachment in foreign jurisdictions,…