Legal Opinion
The Chester
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 8, 1928No. 1481PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge.
The question in this case is as to the validity and amounts of lien claims for repairs, and for seamen's wages and subsistence, against the steamer Chester, alleged to have arisen while the vessel was under charter to the Southern Maryland Navigation Company. The Chester Shipping Company, the vessel's owner, was at the time in receivership.
The charter was of the bare boat variety, for a six-months period, at" $833.33 per month. It began in September, 1925, when the charterer hired á crew at various wage scales and placed the vessel in commission. She made a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1919
- Gerber v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
- The TraderDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1926
- Mystic S. S. Co. v. StromlandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Governor & Co. of the Bank of Scotland v. SabayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- James W. Swain, Jr. v. Isthmian Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Forster v. Oro Navigation CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- H. W. Findley, Owner v. Henry P. Lanasa, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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