Williams v. The Sirius
District Court, N.D. California
. Libel in rem for balance of wages as ship keeper of a vessel in her home port, and not engaged in navigation, present or prospective. Libel dismissed, the service rendered not being maritime.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
The libel in this case was brought to recover the sum of $176.25, claimed to be a balance due the libelant for services rendered in taking care of the engine and boilers of the steam vessel Sirius. The testimony established that the libelant was employed from May 23, 1893, to September 4, 1894, by claimant, at $40 per month. His earnings for this period aggregated $616, of which he acknowledges having received $439.75, and he now seeks to enforce a lien on the vessel, under the state statute, for the remainder. It is averred in the libel that the Sirius is a British…
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