Legal Opinion
New York Dock Co. v. Steamship Poznan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 11, 1927No. 229PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
This case involves the right of a wharf owner to preferential payment from the proceeds of a vessel, for wharf-age furnished the vessel while in the custody of a United States marshal' under a warrant of, arrest in admiralty. The owner of the S. S. Poznan entered into a contract with petitioner, the owner of a private pier in New York harbor, for the use of the pier for discharging cargo from December 1,1920 until completion. The rate agreed upon was 8250 per day, plus certain incidental charges not now material. On December 2, 1920, the Poznan was made fast to the pier. Later in the day, she…
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