The Charles C. Lister

ADAMS, District Judge.

The first of the above entitled actions was a proceeding against the schooner Charles C. Lister, which resulted in 'a decree of condemnation and 'sale. The proceeds of the sale are now in the registry of the court. The second action was brought by the Southern Transportation Company, the owner of the barges Roanoke and Nansemond, against the said proceeds to recover the damages caused by the cutting adrift of those barges by the Lister sailing into the hawser of the tow of the Bohemia. The third action was brought by the owner of the barge Carroll, and bailee of her…