Legal Opinion

The Walkyrien

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York

Decided July 2, 1873PublishedCited by 6 opinions

[Appeal from tlie district court of the United States for the Eastern district of New York.] In admiralty.

1Opinion of the Court

HUNT, Circuit Justice.

The bark Wal-kyrien, to which the supplies were furnished, was a foreign vessel. She carried British colors, hailed from a British port, was registered in the name of a British subject, and had on her stern the words, “The Falcon, of Cape of Good Hope.”

1. The appellants, admitting the law to be, that, where supplies are furnished to a foreign vessel, credit is presumptively given to the vessel, insist that this case is not within the rule, because the foreign owner was in fact a resident of New York City, where a part of the supplies were furnished. The genera) rule, as…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hathaway v. The Brantford CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
  2. Mills v. The ScotiaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
  3. The UnderwriterDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1902
  4. The Rapid TransitDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1882
  5. Chisholm v. The J. L. PendergastDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886

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