The William T. Graves

WALLACE, District Judge.

This cause involves the single question whether title, acquired under the foreclosure of a mortgage on the vessel, is subject to the lien, for repairs subsequently bestowed upon the vessel, given by the laws of New York. The mortgage was duly recorded, pursuant to section 4192 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and thereafter, while the vessel was in possession of the owner, the engine of the propeller was repaired by the-libellant on the credit of the vessel at her home port in Buffalo. The laws of New York confer a lien for sucn repairs, which is to take…