Bolten v. The James L. Pendergast

The libel in the above cause was filed to recover the sum of §1,592.50, upon a draft drawn and negotiated to the libelant by the master of the James L. Pendergast at Hamburg, May 7, 1880, for £825, payable 30 days after arrival at Boston, Massachusetts, at 1he oilice of the consignees. The last clause of the draft is as follows: “Value received, for the necessary use and outfit for the said vessel, and for the payment of which I hold my vessel, owners, and freight responsible.”

The proofs leave no doubt that the draft was drawn to obtain necessaries for the ship at Hamburg, and in form and…