Reakirt v. The Ella

BRADFORD, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem filed September 30, 1896, by Margaret L. Reakirt, of the City of Philadelphia, Pa., trading as Reakirt Brother & Company, against the steamboat Ella,, to recover the price of coal furnished in that city by the libelant on the credit of that vessel, as is alleged, from April 14, 1896, to August 22, 1896, inclusive, amounting, after deducting certain allowances, to $707.22, together with interest thereon from the last mentioned date.. The Ella was owned solely by The Philadelphia and Smyrna Trans*667portation Company, a corporation oí Delaware, from…