The Patapsco
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: Boyce, a coal dealer in Baltimore, filed a libel against the steamer Patapsco, in the District Court at New7 York, to recover a demand for six separate supplies of coal furnished between the 3d of February and the 26th of March, 1866, to the steamer. One Borland intervened as claimant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: Boyce, a coal dealer in Baltimore, filed a libel against the steamer Patapsco, in the District Court at New7 York, to recover a demand for six separate supplies of coal furnished between the 3d of February and the 26th of March, 1866, to the steamer. One Borland intervened as claimant. The question was whether the coal had been furnished on the credit of the vessel or on that of her owners only. The facts, as the court assumed them from the weight of the evidence, itself somewhat inconsistent, were thus:…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
Whether the coal was furnished on the credit of the vessel, or of the owners, is the only point of inquiry in this case. The case itself is not without its embarrassments, for the evidence, in some of its aspects, is not consistent with either theory, but the weight of it, in our opinion, enables us to assert the lien against the ship.
It is undisputed that the Patapsco was in a foreign port, and that the coal was ordered for her, specifically by name, and delivered to the oflicers in charge of her. It is equally free from dispute that the supply of coal was necessary— indeed, indispensable—to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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