The "Edith."
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In July, 1870, Buckman & Co., having done' work and furnished materials amounting to $3,597.37 in repairing the “ Edith,” while she vras lying in navigable waters in her home port of New York, claimed a lien on the ship for materials and repairs, under an act of the State of New York, entitled “ An Act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels,” passed April 24,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In July, 1870, Buckman & Co., having done' work and furnished materials amounting to $3,597.37 in repairing the “ Edith,” while she vras lying in navigable waters in her home port of New York, claimed a lien on the ship for materials and repairs, under an act of the State of New York, entitled “ An Act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels,” passed April 24, 1862. Acts of 1862, p. 456. The requisite notice was filed the twenty-seventh day of July, 1870, a few days after the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
Assuming that, by virtue of the provisions of the statute of New York, on April 24, 1862, 4 Gen. Stat. 632, the appellants had a lien upon the ship for the repairs made and materials furnished by them, it is a vital question whether that lien remained in existence when the ship was sold on the eighth day . of May, 1871. If it had expired, or if it had been discharged before that day, it is useless to examine the other questions raised in the case; for, however they might be determined, the decree made in the eourt below must necessarily be affirmed.
The repairs having been made upon a domestic…
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