Astor Trust Co. v. E. V. White & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the-Weller Coal Company against the steamer John W. Lawrence and others. From a decree (231 Fed. 507) distributing proceeds of the Lawrence to E. V. White & Co., Incorporated, and the Robert P. Voight Company, lien claimants, the Astor Trust Company, trustee under mortgage, and others, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP) Circuit Judge.
The facts are undisputed and may be thus summarized: In September and October, 1914, the appellees, E. V. White & Co. and the Robert P. Voight Company, "both mercantile corporations, were wholesale dealers in groceries, machinery, and marine supplies at Norfolk, Va. The Atlantic Phosphate & Oil Corporation, a Néw York concern, was the owner of the steam fishing vessels, John L. Lawrence, Portland, Nat Strong, and Adroit, which were chartered to the Carolina Coast Products Company, a corporation of which one" Bussells was president and general manager, and engaged in…
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