The Suliote

This libel in rem was filed to recover the sum of £283 ($1,380) for supplies, consisting of white metal furnished in September, 1881, to the ship Suliote at Greenock, Scotland. The only question litigated is the liability of the vessel or of her owners upon the facts of the case; the parties having desired that the whole question, as respects the liability of either, should be considered and determined without reference to the form of the action.

The ship belonged to American owners. She was a stranger in Greenock, and the libelant had no knowledge of her master or owners. She arrived at that…