Legal Opinion

The J. S. Warden

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 29, 1910PublishedCited by 32 opinions

In Admiralty. Suits .By Michael McGrath' against the steamboats J.. S. Warden, Orient, and Mt. Desert, respectively.

1Opinion of the Court

HAND, District Judge.

I think the libelant is entitled to a maritime lien for his services as bartender. There could, of course, have been no doubt under the early decisions that admiralty would not have taken jurisdiction over such a claim, for by a great number of authorities the lien was limited to services which were in aid' of the navigation of the ship or the preservation of the-ship. In 1815 Lord Stbwell refused to allow the lien even of á surgeon. The Lord Hobart, 2 Dodson, 100. Judge Peters in The New Jersey, Fed. Cas. No. 5,233, made the same ruling- in Í806; and more recent cases…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Saylor v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1896
  2. The MinnaDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1882
  3. The Ocean SprayDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1876
  4. Pond v. The Hattie ThomasDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1894
  5. Lawrence v. The W. F. BrownDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1891

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. McDermott International, Inc. v. WilanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Anna Mahramas v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., and House of Albert, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
  3. The Buena VenturaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1916
  4. Antonios Latsis v. Chandris, Inc., Chandris, S.A., Trans Oceanic Shipping Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. Jeffrey v. Henderson Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951

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