District Court of the United States,

For the..............District of............

Of the..................Term, A. D. 19...

In Admiralty:

To the Hon.................Judge of the District Court of the United States for the............District of................

The Libel and Complaint of..................................

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owners of..............................in the District aforesaid, against the.................................................................

and against all persons lawfully intervening for their interest therein, in a case of........................civil and maritime.

And thereupon, the said libelant.. do.. allege and articulately propound as follows, to wit:

First. - That your libelant....................................

at the time of the..................hereinafter mentioned..............

the owner. . and proprietor. . of................................which said........................is a vessel of more than Twenty Tons Burden, and at the time when the......................hereinafter stated and set forth arose, was enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation between ports and places in different States and Territories of the United States, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting said lakes.

Second. - That the said............................now lying at

......................in the District aforesaid, is a vessel of more than

Twenty Tons Burden, and at the time when the cause of action hereinafter stated and set forth arose, was enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation between ports and places in different States and Territories of the United States, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting said lakes.

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That the said libelant.. ha.. applied to the owner.. of said..........

............and requested........to settle with th.. libelant.. for the

..................sustained as above mentioned by................but

........................refuse.. to pay the same, or any part thereof.

That the said........................now lying in the port of

......................and within the jurisdiction of this Court.

That all and singular the premises are true, and within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and of this Honorable Court.

Wherefore, the said libelant.. pray.. that a....................

in due form of law, according to the course of this Honorable Court in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, may issue against the said..........

..................and that all persons having any interest therein, may be cited to appear and answer, on oath, all and singular the matters aforesaid, and that this Honorable Court would be pleased to decree the payment of the..............................as aforesaid, to wit: the sum of with interest and costs, and that the said................may be condemned and sold to pay the same, and that the libelant. . may have such other and further relief as in law and justice.. he.. may be entitled to receive.

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Proctor.. for Libelant..

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Libelant..

United States of America, ........District of.......

ss.

..................... •••••••• the libelant. . whose name..........subscribed to the foregoing libel; that

......................being duly sworn, says that..............

. he. ha. . read said libel and know. . the contents thereof, and that the same is true of......own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated to be on information and belief, and that as to those matters......

believe.. it to be true.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this..............................day of......................A.D. 18...

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