The Anaces

PURNELL, District Judge.

Alexander McCullmn filed his libel in rem against the British steamship Anaces, and, the cause being regularly called, the proctors for respondent moved to dismiss the libel ■ — First, because the libel does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and, second, because, this court having no jurisdiction to hear this libel in rem, no ‘action in rem would lie. For the purposes of the motion, the allegations set forth in the libel must be taken as true. They are as follows:

*566Alexander MeCullum, a laborer, of the city of Wilmington, state of North…