Bovard v. The Mayflower

The Pennsylvania act of April 20, 1858, (1 Purd. Dig. 126,) giving liens against domestic vessels navigating the rivers Allegheny, Monongahela, or Ohio, is awkwardly drawn, but it has always been construed by this court as embracing stores and provisions furnished to any such vessel upon the credit thereof, when ordered by the owners, or by the master or other authorized agent. Under the general admiralty law, necessity, as respects supplies to a vessel, is a relative term, and is open to much latitude of construction. Ben. Adm. § 268. In the case of The Plymouth Rock, 13 Blatchf. 505, it was…