Legal Opinion

The Sinaloa

District Court, N.D. California

Decided September 13, 1913No. 15,405PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit by M. A. Taylor against the gasoline launch Sinaloa. On exceptions to libel.

1Opinion of the Court

DOOLING, District Judge.

Exceptions to libel for services as watchman, alleged to have been performed on the launch Sinaloa at the request of her owner. It is not averred where the vessel lay at the time of the performance of the services, but the cause was argued on the assumption that she lay in her home port; the real question submitted being whether the services of a watchman employed by the owner create a lien upon the vessel under the act of Congress of June , 23, 1910, when such services have been rendered in her home port.

It has been frequently held that such service is not maritime.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Williams v. The SiriusDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1895
  2. Brig E. A. BarnardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1880
  3. Jepson v. The AmericaDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1893

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Rupert CityDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1914
  2. Hoof v. Pacific American FisheriesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
  3. The Dredge A.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1914
  4. Hoof v. Pacific American FisheriesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1922
  5. The Jack-O-LanternDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922

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