American Shipbuilding & Dock Corp. v. John Rourke & Sons.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellee filed a libel in rem for materials furnished and work done on the concrete barge Amsadoc. Appellant, owner of the barge, answered, and contested appellee’s claim as being excessive, and filed a cross-libel in personam for damages for delay, and later by amendment alleged that the material and work set out in the libel contributed to the building and completion of an entirely new vessel, and therefore that appellee’s claim was not within the maritime jurisdiction.

The Amsadoc was built and launched in Beaufort, S. G., whore she was practically completed. The…