Town of Pelham v. The Schooner B. F. Woolsey

Choate, D. J.

Tills is a libel for wharfage against the schooner B. P. Woolsey, which belongs to this port. She is a vessel engaged in commerce not confined to ports within the state of New York. After she was seized by the marshal, upon the process issued in this case, two parties appeared as. claimants, each insisting that he is entitled, as owner, to bond the vessel and defend the suit. The facts respecting their several claims are not disputed. The claimant Daniel H. Terrell is conceded to have been the owner of the vessel. The other claimant is John P. Hawkins. His only title is a bill of…