Gulf City Coal & Wood Co. v. Bru
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District ’ Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. This was a libel by the Gulf City Coal & Wood Company against the steamship George Dumois, Johan Bru, claimant, for supplies! The district court dismissed the libel. 66 Fed. 353. Libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
Tlie Gulf City Coal & Wood Company, an Alabama corporation, filed a libel in tlie district court; against the George Dumois, a Norwegian steamship, then in the port of Mobile, to recover the sum of $276 for 115 tons of coal supplied to and used by said steamship to prosecute a voyage to Bocas del Toro, Central America, and return to the port of Mobile. On the hearing in the district court, the judge found facts as follows;
“I find the facts in this ease to be that the coal was furnished to the ship in Mobile, Alabama, on tlie personal order of one Dick, the president of…
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