Auther v. The Atlantic

CAMPBELL, Circuit Justice.

The libel-lants are merchants of the city of New Orleans who had furnished to the steamboat Atlantic, at the request of the master and owner, stores, materials, and supplies from the year 1850 to May, 1851, while she was plying between the ports of New Orleans and St Louis. The owner is a non-resident of Louisiana, and his boat is a foreign vessel registered at St. Louis. The libellants claim that by the laws of Louisiana, as declared in the Civil Code, as well as under the general admiralty law, there is a lien existing on this boat, in their favor, to the extent of…