Maguire v. Card
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of California. It was a case in admiralty, which arose in this way: C. 3L & William Garrison supplied the steamer Goliah with coal, and then assigned the claim to Card.
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This case was brought up by appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of California. It was a case in admiralty, which arose in this way: C. 3L & William Garrison supplied the steamer Goliah with coal, and then assigned the claim to Card. The lien held by the Garrisons was created by the local law of California, (sec. 817, p. 576, Compiled Laws.) The claimant excepted to the libel, on the ground that the libellant was but the assignee of those with whom the contract was made by the master of the vessel, and that he had no lien. The District Court overruled this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of California, in admiralty.
The suit was a proceeding in rem against the Goliah, to recover the balance of an account for coal furnished the steamer while lying at the port of the city of Sacramento, in the months of October and November, 1855. The vessel, according to the averments in the libel, and which are not denied in the record, was engaged in the business of navigation and trade on the Sacramento river, exclusively within the State of California, and, of course, between ports and places…
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