Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 10, 1908, No. 1,451 (Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. Puget Sound Engine Works)

HUNT, District Judge

(after stating the facts as above). The rulings of the court below were, in effect, that, under the terms of the contract entered into, the vessel was a “public work” within the provisions of the statute entitled “An act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works,” approved August 13,1894 (28 Stat. 278, c. 280 [U. S. Comp.