THE MABEL
| Decision Date | 03 November 1932 |
| Docket Number | No. 6683.,6683. |
| Citation | 61 F.2d 537 |
| Parties | THE MABEL. WORKMAN et al. v. LEWIS et al. STEELE v. SAME. LEWIS et al. v. WORKMAN et al. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Walter E. Hettman, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellants Workman and Baumgarten.
Walter E. Hettman and Edward F. Treadwell, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Steele.
H. W. Hutton, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellees.
Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal by A. L. Workman and Ralph F. Baumgarten, libelants of the fishing boat Mabel, and by one W. F. Steele, brought in by third party process. The claimants, as cross-libelants and cross-appellants, have filed assignments of error alleging that the trial court erred in certain rulings to their prejudice.
The libelants alleged in their libel:
The libel concludes with the usual prayer for relief.
Respondents, appellees here, denied the allegations of the libel and filed a cross-libel against the libelants and W. F. Steele, alleging the wrongful conversion of the vessel and its equipment by them, and praying judgment for the value thereof. The trial court found against the appellants and entered judgment against each and all of them on the cross-libel for the sum of $5,000. That court found, among other things, that:
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