Legal Opinion
North American Fruit & S. S. Corp. v. Board of Commissioners of Port of New Orleans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1935No. 7594PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
These are two libels in rem against the steamship Western Wave; one by the Johnson Iron Works Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company for repairs, and the other by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for wharfage. The claimant and owner of the ship, the North American Fruit & Steamship Corporation, defended on the grounds that the repairs and wharfage were furnished to the New Orleans, Houston & Corpus Christi Steamship Company, charterer, which was forbidden by the terms of the charter party from subjecting the ship to any liens except for seamen’s wages and…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- The Western WaveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935