Legal Opinion
The Enterprise
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 15, 1870No. Case No. 4,498PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
By the law of the flag the master has a lien for his wages, which this court will enforce by comity: The Havana [Case No. 6,226]. But by the same law the lien of the seamen of a foreign vessel is postponed to that of a libellant in a cause of damage where the owners are solvent as in this case, and the proceeds are insufficient for the payment of both: The Linda Flor, Swab. 309; The Duna, 13 Ir. Jur. 358; Abb. Shipp. (11th Ed.) 621; The Benares, 7 Notes of Cas. Supp. L. The reasons assigned for this rule are that the seamen have other available remedies for their wages,…
2Cited by6 opinions
- The John G. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Hathaway v. The Brantford CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- Covert v. The British Brig WexfordDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1880
- The Maria & ElizabethDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1882
- The EvolutionDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1912
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