Case Name: THE MATANZAS et al.
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1910-06-08
Citations: 179 F. 1023
Docket Number: Nos. 15, 44
Parties: THE MATANZAS et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 179
Pages: 1023–1023

Head Matter:
THE MATANZAS et al.
(District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
June 8, 1910.)
Nos. 15, 44.
In Admiralty. Final hearing.
Francis O. Adler, John F. Lewis, and J. Frank Staley, for libelant.
Howard M. Long, for respondent.

Opinion:
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
In each of these cases the libelant, who is a part owner of the bark Matanzas and objected to a contemplated voyage, filed a libel asking that the majority owners bo compelled to give security for the safe return of the vessel to the port of Philadelphia. In each case the bond has been entered in a sum fixed by the court, the voyage has been accomplished, and the vessel has been safely returned. While, therefore, the libelant is entitled to a formal decree in his favor, since he was exercising an undoubted right when he asked for security, nothing is now to be provided for except the costs. A decree may therefore be entered in each case in favor of the libelant for costs.