The Lottawanna
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for. the District of Louisiana; the case — divestéd of irrelative incidents, with a great number of which, as seen in the record, it had come here confused and perplexed — was thus: In the year 1819 this court, in The General Smith* decided, as the profession has generally understood, that in respect to repairs or necessaries furnished to a ship in the port or State to which she belongs, no lien is implied unless it is recognized by the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for. the District of Louisiana; the case — divestéd of irrelative incidents, with a great number of which, as seen in the record, it had come here confused and perplexed — was thus: In the year 1819 this court, in The General Smith* decided, as the profession has generally understood, that in respect to repairs or necessaries furnished to a ship in the port or State to which she belongs, no lien is implied unless it is recognized by the municipal law of the State; declaring the rule herein different from that where the repairs or- necessaries are furnished to a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Complicated, as'the record is, it will be impossible to state the questions presented for decision, in a manner to be understood, without referring to the original proceedings in the District Court, as the suit, when it was commenced, was a libel in rem filed by two mariners, J, D. Cox and J. N. Geren, against the steamboat Lottawanna, her tackle, apparel, machinery, and furniture, in a cause of subtraction of wages, civil and maritime.
Prior to the institution of the suit the allegation is that the steámer had been engaged in commerce and navigation between the port of New Orleans and various…
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- The Steamer St. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Sheppard and Others v. Taylor and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Stratton v. JarvisSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- United States v. 422 Casks of WineSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- The Collector. WilmotSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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- Miller v. Bank of America, N. T. & S. A.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
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