Tiedtke Bros. v. Shirley-Skeldon Dredging & Submarine Contracting Co.

TUTTLE, District Judge.

The libel and intervening libel herein each- claims a maritime lien against the respondent dredge for sums alleged to be due for supplies and services, respectively, furnished to said respondent. The libels aver that said dredge is a vessel engaged in the business of commerce and navigation. It is also alleged that the supplies were necessary to enable the respondent to continue in the business in which she was then engaged, and that the services were rendered by the intervening libelants as members of her crew. The *900answer asserts that this court is without jurisdiction…