The Christopher North

BLODGETT, District Judge.

This is a libel for repairs made by the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company, upon the schooner Christopher North, in the month of September, 1872. The facts of the case appear to be these: The Christopher North was owned in the city of Chicago, by Jacob Hansen and one Scliarvey. She was in need of repairs, and for tibe purpose of having her repaired in the best and most economical manner, one of her owners, Hansen, went to Manitowoc and made a contract there with the Manitowoc Dry Dock *662Company, a corporation doing business at Manitowoc, Wis., in the repair and building of…