Warner v. Boyer
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
This was a libel in personam by Warner, Shuster & Go. against Samuel R. Boyer, Daniel 0. Boyer, Eugene H. Cathrall, and others, owners of the tug John Wear, to recover for supplies of coal fur-' nished to the tug.
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
The libelants are Philadelphia coal dealers. The respondents are the owners of the tug “John Wear,” a Philadelphia vessel.
The proceedings are brought to recover the sum of $655.21 with interest, for coal sold and delivered.
Samuel li. Boyer, one of the respondents, was the managing owner of the tug and owned a seven-sixteenths interest. The other nine-sixteenths interests were owned by the other respondents in different proportions. As the libelants say, “The single question raised in the case is whether, under the facts, the libelants are entitled to a decree against…
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