The Steam Dredge A
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at New Bern; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Howard S. Roberts and others against the steam dredge A (Edmund H. Mitchell, trading as Mitchell '& Co., claimant) and others. From the decree, certain of the libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
In this proceeding in admiralty the vessel libeled, known as steam dredge A, was ordered sold, and dispute has-arisen as to the distribution of the proceeds. The history of the litigation and the questions heretofore decided will appear from the opinion of this court on a former appeal. 204 Fed. 262, 122 C. C. A. 527. The tidal court had divided the various claimants into six classes, and awarded priority of payment to those placed in the first class, who are described as the New Bern-Beaufort claimants, and whose liens were for repairs and supplies furnished to the…
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