The Steamer St. Lawrence
Supreme Court of the United States
William II. Meyer and Edwin R. Wilcox filed their libelin the District Court against the steamer St. Lawrence, her engine, tackle, apparel, &c., for supplies to the value of $2,500,' payment of which had been demanded and refused. The libellants averred that the St. Lawrence had been in the port of New York ever since the supplies wer¿ furnished, and they had a lien on her by the law of the State.
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William II. Meyer and Edwin R. Wilcox filed their libelin the District Court against the steamer St. Lawrence, her engine, tackle, apparel, &c., for supplies to the value of $2,500,' payment of which had been demanded and refused. The libellants averred that the St. Lawrence had been in the port of New York ever since the supplies wer¿ furnished, and they had a lien on her by the law of the State. (Rev. St., Title viii, Ch. 8.) .Lewis H. Meyer and Edward Stucken made claim as ■owners, and answered to the libel that the supplies were furnished on the credit of John .Graham, and not of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the southern district of New-York, sitting as a court of admiralty.
The case as presented by the transcript is this: The appellees in the summer and fall of 1855 were requested by John Graham, the owner of the steamer St. Lawrence, who resided in New York, to make sundry repairs to the vessel, and to furnish materials for that purpose.. The steamboat was then lying in the harbor of New" York, which was her home port. The libel states that at the time these repairs were made, and materials found, the laws of New York gave them a lien…
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