Thomassen v. Whitwell

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This is an action in personam brought by Jens Thomas-sen and Julius Smith, owners of the bark Daphne, against Mark Whitwell and others, composing the firm of Mark Whitwell & Co., owners of the steamship Great Western, to recover for the injuries sustained by the bark Daphne in a collision with the steamship Great Western that occurred on the 24th of March, 1S7C, on the high seas.

Upon the filing of the libel process was issued with an attachment clause, by virtue of which property of the defendant Mark Whitwell was seized within this district, whereupon the defendant…