S. H. Harmon Lumber Co. v. Lighters Nos. 27 & 28
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Libel by the S. H. Harmon Lumber Co. against Lighters Nos. 27 and 28 (John E. Whitney, claimant) for materials furnished to the lighters. The district court dismissed the libel. Libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the decree of the district court for the northern district of California, dismissing the libel against Lighters Nos. 27 and 28 for the price of lumber furnished in the construction of bunkers on said lighters, on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence in the case to show that the lumber was furnished on the credit of the vessels.
From the record it appears, among other things, that John E. Whitney, the owner of the lighters, (claimant and appellee herein,) chartered them to Leale & Shirley; that one Sheerin had a contract with Owens…
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