Young v. Orpheus
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petitions to enforce liens under the St. of 1855, e. 231, on the ship Orpheus, for materials furnished for and used in her construction in 1855 and 1856. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., without a jury.
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Petitions to enforce liens under the St. of 1855, e. 231, on the ship Orpheus, for materials furnished for and used in her construction in 1855 and 1856. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., without a jury. The facts found by him, so far as it is material to state them, were as follows : In August, 1855, Mitchell & Rice, ship-builders, having their place of business in Chelsea, made an express contract with William F. Weld & Co. of Boston, to build for them a ship of about twelve hundred tons for a specified price. The petitioners in each case, under an…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The St. of 1855, c. 231, § 1, under which the rights asserted in these cases arose, gave a lien upon a vessel whenever by virtue of any contract, express or implied, with her owners, or with any agent or contractor of such owners, or with any person employed to construct, repair or launch her, money was due to any person “ for labor performed, materials used, or labor and materials furnished, in the construction, launching or repairs of, or for constructing the launching ways for, or for pro*184visions, stores or other articles furnished for or on account of ’ the vessel.
1. The words “or labor…
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