Pendleton v. Newman

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The steamship “Blakeley,” under charter to Beavitt Busitania Salvage Company, was attached by process issued on a libel in rem filed by Newman and other mariners of the ship. These áre the parties to the action.

"The libellants, by their libel, made claims for seamen’s wages and sought a maritime lien against the ship. The charterer, by its answer, admitted that the libellants’ wages were due and unpaid, but denied a right of lien on two grounds: First, that each libellant was required as a condition precedent to his employment as seaman to become a stockholder in the…