A. J. A. DOUGLAS AND W. A. GRANT v. OWNERS OF YACHT "ST. GEORGE" (EXOR. OF LATE E. E. GATES INTERVENING).
(1926) 25 Ll.L.Rep. 482
ADMIRALTY DIVISION.
Before the President (Lord Merrivale).
Ship's necessaries - Bottomry bonds - Validity-Intervention by mortgagee- No notice of transaction given to mortgagee -Alleged need for authority of mortgagee-Reasonable steps taken to notify mortgagee through his agent- Right of master to raise funds for the necessities of the ship not prevented by existence of mortgage-Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Sect. 34.