Pavlis v. Jackson

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The sponge boat Portaritisa was libeled by E. Z. Jackson for supplies furnished and money advanced for her use and was claimed by Virginia Pavlis, whose husband Nikitas Pavlis was the boat’s master. The special master to whom the case was referred decided there was a maritime lien for the supplies but none for the money, because the boat’s crew to whom most of the money was paid as an advance on their future earnings were joint adventurers and had no wage claims and hence no lien. The judge held that the advances of money carried a lien, but that usury was charged which…