The Lauretta

Nixon, D. J.

This is a libel in rem for materials furnished and work done by the libellant on the schooner Lauretta, belonging to the port of Baltimore, at the port of Philadelphia.

The proofs show that in the month of August, 1876, while the vessel was at the city of Camden, in the state of New Jersey, certain materials were supplied and work performed for repairs upon her by the libellant, at the request of John McMurry, who was the legally-authorized attorney of the owner, Coleman Taylor, then residing at Baltimore, Maryland. The vessel continued the property of the said Taylor until the…