Legal Opinion
Menge v. The Madrid
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
Decided December 23, 1889PublishedCited by 14 opinions
In Admiralty. On appeal from district court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lamar, Justice.
There is no controversy but that the claims of the material-men, intcrvenors in this case, are valid, and that, under the local law of Louisiana, they are entitled to a lien upon the steam-ship Madrid for the amount of those claims, which is enforceable by process in rein. The contracts under which the materials, repairs, and other necessaries were furnished are maritime, within the rule laid down by the supreme court of the United States in Insurance Co. v. Dunham, 11 Wall. 1, and are therefore under the jurisdiction of the admiralty.
The question in this case, upon the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- The Steamer St. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Bogart v. the Steamboat John JaySupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- The Grace GreenwoodDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1869
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