The Cleveland
District Court, D. Washington
In Admiralty. A libel in rem against the same vessel, by the same libelants, for the same causes of action, and by others for similar causes of action, having been heretofore dismissed, after the vessel had been taken into custody by the marshal, and released upon the giving of a bond pursuant to section 941, Kev.
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In Admiralty. A libel in rem against the same vessel, by the same libelants, for the same causes of action, and by others for similar causes of action, having been heretofore dismissed, after the vessel had been taken into custody by the marshal, and released upon the giving of a bond pursuant to section 941, Kev. St., conditioned to satisfy any decree which might be rendered in favor of the libelants, the claimant moved to dismiss the present suit, on the ground that the release of the vessel in the former suit freed her from any lien for the same causes of action. Motion granted.
1Opinion of the Court
HAUFOBD, District Judge.
This is a second suit in rem against the steamship Cleveland, by the libelants, to recover damages for the same cause of complaint. Upon a showing by affidavits, the court made an order allowing the libelants and others to sue in forma pauperis, and afterwards, upon evidence taken and submitted, *632the court determined that the affidavits alleging the poverty of the libelants, and their inability to pay costs or give security for costs, was untrue, and, considering that there had been an abuse of the process of court without any reasonable excuse, made an order dismissing…
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