Saylor v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This was an admiralty suit in rem, originating with the filing of a libel by A. J. Taylor & Bro., the owners of the tug D. M. Key, against the steam dredge Morgan and its accompanying scows. Intervening libels were filed shortly afterwards by S. S. Saylor and others for services rendered in various capacities on board the dredge and scows, and by Tubman and others for supplies.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This was an admiralty suit in rem, originating with the filing of a libel by A. J. Taylor & Bro., the owners of the tug D. M. Key, against the steam dredge Morgan and its accompanying scows. Intervening libels were filed shortly afterwards by S. S. Saylor and others for services rendered in various capacities on board the dredge and scows, and by Tubman and others for supplies. The district court decreed in favor of the original libelants, but held that the intervening libelants, claiming for services…
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
In sustaining the libel, and decreeing priority of lien on the proceeds of the sale of the dredge and its accompanying scows in favor of the tug for towage, the court below has in effect decided that the dredge was a “vessel,” and therefore subject to a maritime lien; otherwise, it would have had no jurisdiction. If it was a vessel, then the intervening libelants, the engineer and hands employed upon it in doing the work which it was engaged to do, must be considered as seamen, and entitled to priority of payment; for the ship has from the earliest times been…
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