Sitnek v. Fund Deposited with Treasurer of United States

COLEMAN, District Judge.

This is a libel suit brought to recover the sum of $4,654.26, the value of bunker coal furnished the Finnish steamship Aagot on November 30, 1941, at Baltimore, and interest.

The material facts which are uncontradicted in the present case are substantially as follows: On or about October 28, 1941, the Aagot was chartered by her Finnish owner to the RAF Ferry Command for a voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, or Baltimore, to one of several specified ports in Newfoundland, at charterer’s option. Tankers Corporation of New York City was the charterer’s agent, and it was…