Gilbert Hubbard & Co. v. Roach

Dyer, D. J.

An important question in this case is whether or not libellants have a remedy by maritime action for storage of the vessel’s sails. This appears to be a new question. No adjudicated case directly bearing upon it has been presented. In Benedict’s Admiralty, § 283, it is said: “The master and owner of a ship, and the ship herself, may be proceeded against in admiralty to enforce payment of wharf-age, whether the vessel lie along-side the wharf or at a distance, and only use the wharf temporarily for boats or cargoes. Of the same nature is the charge for storing a sail or *394other…