Legal Opinion
Merchants' Banking Co. v. Cargo of the Afton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 2, 1904No. 209PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The decree appealed from dismissed the libel. The facts of the case are succinctly stated in the opinion of the court below:
“This is a libel against tbe cargo of the steamship Afton, and the freight moneys arising therefrom, to recover the sum of $8,737.55. In December, 1900, the firm of McLaren & McLaren, of Glasgow, owners of the steamship Afton, executed a mortgage on the steamer to the libelant, the Merchants’ Banking Company, Limited, of London, to secure a running account and advances to be made thereafter. The mortgage was duly recorded at Glasgow, but the…
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