The Charlotte Vanderbilt
District Court, S.D. New York
This libel was filed to recover a balance oi $468.30, with interest, for coal furnished to the steam-boat Charlotte Vanderbilt, at Philadelphia, in July and August, 1880. The steam-boat was at that time owned by a New Jersey corporation, which purchased the boat on May 10, 1880, and gave a consideration mortgage of $25,500 to secure various promissory notes for the purchase price.
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This libel was filed to recover a balance oi $468.30, with interest, for coal furnished to the steam-boat Charlotte Vanderbilt, at Philadelphia, in July and August, 1880. The steam-boat was at that time owned by a New Jersey corporation, which purchased the boat on May 10, 1880, and gave a consideration mortgage of $25,500 to secure various promissory notes for the purchase price. The mortgage was duly recorded in the New York custom-house, and also in the custom-house at Camden, New Jersey, where the vessel was also enrolled by the corporation purchaser. The mortgage provided that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The boat in question was running as an excursion boat. The coal was furnished upon 22 different days, and was evidently necessary for the prosecution of her voyages. Being furnished in the port of another state from that of her owner’s residence, under the ordinary maritime law of this country, the coal was presumptively furnished upon the credit of the ship as well as of her owners; and the testimony corroborates this fact. The libelants acquired, therefore, presumptively, a maritime lien upon the vessel for the coal thus supplied. The Neversink, 5 Blatchf. 539; The Lulu, 10 Wall. 192; The…
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- The LuluSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Van Buren v. Canal Boat E. M. McChesneyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1875
- The Granite StateDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1855
- The Eliza JaneDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1847
- The May QueenDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1861
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