Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of New York, in admiralty.
The libel was filed by Reed, the respondent, against the steamboat Sultana, to recover for supplies furnished said boat.
The claimants in the court below set up, by way of defence, a mortgage executed to them, by the master and owner, upon the Sultana, dated the 31st October, 1853...
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