The Pauline

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Alanson J. Prime to enforce the liens of the pilots and crews of the steamboats Pauline and Young America, for wages earned during June, July and August, 1904. This libellant was the mortgagee of the boats and finding that the owner and registered master was not keeping the boats free from liens, and libels being imminent, he took possession of them and paid the wages claims. The matter was referred to a commissioner to pass upon the merits of the claims and he reports that the libels should be dismissed because the libellant was mortgagee in…