Johnson v. The Hattie Bell
District Court, D. Oregon
This was a libel by A. H. Johnson against the steamer Hattie Bell. Z. C. Wood and others intervened, and petitioned for the rearrest of the vessel, and her condemnation in satisfaction of their claims, as set forth in their libel, under which the vessel had been previously arrested, and discharged upon bond.
1Opinion of the Court
BELLINGER, District Judge.
The Hattie Bell was heretofore libeled, at the suit of the petitioners, to enforce certain liens held by them, and was released upon a bond filed by the claimant. Upon her release the vessel was taken into the custody of a state court by the receiver of a company having a mortgage lien thereon, where she was subsequently sold on foreclosure, and passed by successive transfers to her present claimant, the Washougal & La Gamas Transportation Company. The interveners in the suit referred to now petition the court, alleging that the bond upon which the release was had…
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