Old Point Fish Co. v. Haywood

CHESNUT, District Judge.

This case presents an unusual if not novel question of admiralty law. A fishing vessel has been libeled and sold at the instance of lien claimants for repairs and supplies. Four members of the crew, whose compensation was to be based on a percentage oj the proceeds of the catch, have filed intervening libels for an estimated percentage of the profit which might *704have resulted from a catch which was not made, because the voyage was terminated a few days after it began by the necessary return of the vessel to port for repairs, and before they were made the vessel had been…