Spedden v. Koenig
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
'Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. This was a libel in admiralty by Eobert M. Spedden and Harvey E. Birch, trading as Spedden & Birch, in personam, against George Koenig and Nicholas B. Ford, part owners of the steam tug May Bussell, to recover for supplies furnished for her use. The circuit court dismissed the libel, and the libelants have appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAWLEY, District Judge.
The libelants, who were engaged in the business of machinists and steamship supplies in the city of *505Baltimore for some years prior to the date of the tiling of this libel, furnished supplies to one Phillips, who built, owned, and managed several tugs, among them the May Bussell, which was completed about. August 1, 1893; and one-half interest in this tug was then sold to one Koenig, in pursuance of an agreement made with Phillips, that he would buy a half interest in one of the tugs which were then building. About the same time, one Ford ioaned Phillips some money,…
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