Galveston Dry Dock & Construction Co. v. Standard Dredging Co.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant sued in personam for a bill of repairs done upon the respondent’s dredge in the sum of $26,000. The respondent answered, admitting the execution of the contract, denying that the repairs required the time alleged to have been taken, but neither denying nor admitting that they .were performed at all. It denied that twenty-six thousand dollars was due, but admitted that the libellant was entitled to a lien upon the dredge for seven thousand dollars, which was the difference between the amount demanded and the respondent’s damages for delay in completing the…