United States v. Adams

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from final decrees entered in five libels in personam ini causes of contract, civil and maritime,, brought against the United States under §; 2 of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 742. The libels are alike except, that different vessels and amounts are involved, and immaterially different dates are. set out, in each. It will suffice, therefore,, to discuss but one of them, and that will be-the libel brought for recovery with respect-to, the steam collier Glen White.

Certain of the libellants-appellees, as trustees of Eastern Gas…