Wittenberg Coal Co. v. Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

A libel was filed February. 15, 1923, and process issued, seeking a decree for the value of bunker coal delivered at Philadelphia to two vessels of appellant’s ownership. The coal was delivered and consumed, and payment declined. On August 27, 1923, an answer was filed, with annexed interrogatories. It admitted the ownership of the vessels, and denied a partnership and agency relation alleged to exist between the appellant and the Algerian American Line, Inc. On October 25, 1924, appellee moved under rule 31 of the Admiralty Rules to compel the appellant to answer…