v0784-299

No. 2208.

IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RICHMOND DREDGING COMPANY

(a corporation),

Libellant and Appellant,

vs.

Dredger "RICHMOND N O T' and

STANDARD AMERICAN DREDG-

ING COMPANY (a corporation) et al.,

Claimants, Defendants and Appellees.

APPELLANTS BRIEF

STATEMENT OF THE CASE.

In this case libellant and appellant being the owner

of a certain hydraulic dredge, fitted with gasoline en-

gines, filed a libel in the U. S. District Court for the

Northern District of California, on Sept. 2, 1910, un-

der Rule 20 of the Rules of Practice promulgated by

the United States Supreme Court in Admiralty, claim-

ing possession of the said dredge, her machiner% etc.

A monition and citation issued on that day, and the

Marshal seized the said dredgs thereunder; the cita-

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