Riedemann v. The Galileo

Upon the settlement of the decree in this cause, the fact was first brought to the attention of the court that the appeal' which *539had been taken by the libelants from the decree of the district court had been withdrawn and abandoned, and therefore, at the time of the hearing in this court, the libelants were in the position of not having appealed from the decree. The libel was filed against the tug Baxter and the steam-ship Galileo, jointly, to recover damages to the bark of the libel-ants for a collision alleged to have been produced by the negligence of both the Baxter and the Galileo.…