District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania July 20, 1948, No. 149 of 1946, Admiralty (Atlantic Refining Co. v. United States)

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

The libellant, owner of the M/V Point Breeze, filed this libel to recover a balance of charter hire due for the months of January and February, 1945. The respondent claims, as a set-off, towage services during the month of July, 1944, from Aruba, West Indies, to the Port of New York.