The Anna R. Heidritter

PETERS, District Judge.

This matter was heard on the petition of Crowell & Thurlow to intervene for their interest in the sum of money realized from the sale of this schooner by order of court and now deposited in the registry. To this and other claims against the vessel, or the proceeds of its sale, aggregating something more than the amount realized, the owners make no defense. Other claimants defend this petition.

I find the following facts pertinent to the issue:

Crowell & Thurlow are shipbrokers and ship agents, of Boston. They were not the general agents of this vessel, nor did they act in…