Young v. City of Florence
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
In Admiralty. Libel by William Young against the steamboat City of Florence. Heard on application of the libelant for a rehearing and modification of the decree in respect to the costs, which-were adjudged against him on the dismissal, of the libel for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
BILLUSTGS, District Judge.
This case is submitted upon an application of the libelant for a change in the decree which adjudged costs against him. The suit was a suit of a minority part owner to control the use of the vessel. The allegations in the libel were that the libelant had a, title to, and owned, one-third of the boat. After the litigation had proceeded some way, and the cross libel had been filed, an amended libel was filed' by libelant, by which it appeared that he had no legal title whatever to a third of the boat, but only a conditional contract for it. Upon these facts appearing…
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