The Cape Charles
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
In Admiralty. Suit by Aydlett Bros, against the schooner Cape Charles; D. B. Silverthorne, claimant and cross-libelant. Decree for cross-libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
The testimony tends to establish the following facts: On December 11, 1911, libelants delivered to D. B. Silverthorne, captain and owner of the schooner Cape Charles, at Elizabeth City, N. C., the hay and straw, in bales, and corn, in sacks, described in the libel, pursuant to an agreement on his part to carry and deliver, in stipulated quantities, to different life-saving stations along the coast of North Carolina — all of which is set forth in the libel. The libelants aver that the schooner is a common carrier, engaged in carrying freight for libelants from Elizabeth…
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