Blanchin v. Steamer Fashion

We do not think the release of the steamer on the bond given in this case, extinguished the plaintiffs privilege upon the steamer, as was held by the District Judge. The privilege springs from the nature of the debt, and not, as in case of attachment, from the seizure.

We think the effect of time, which was running against the plaintiffs’ privilege, was arrested, as to other creditors, only while the boat was in the Sheriffs’ custody, which was but one day. As soon as she went into the owners’ hands, the time began to run again, so far as other creditors were concerned. The opposite doctrine…