The Woodland
District Court, S.D. New York
[This was a libel by J. H. Fechtenburg and J. A. Lovengreen, trading as J. H. Fechten-burg & Co., against the British barque Woodland.]
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
The libel in this case sets forth, in its first article, that this is an action founded upon contract, civil and maritime. It sets forth, in its second article, that, in January, 1871, the British barque Woodland being in the port of St. Thomas, in the West Indies, and standing in need of advances for repairs and supplies, disbursements and charges, J. Niles & Co., merchants in St. Thomas, advanced to the master of said vessel, for the purposes of said vessel, and on the credit of said vessel and owners, the sum of $4,606 24, for which the said master drew his two…
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