People's Ferry Company of Boston v. Beers
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the -.Circuit Court of the United, States for the southern district of New York. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the -.Circuit Court of the United, States for the southern district of New York. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. O’ Connor made the following points-: First Point. — A contract to build and complete' a ship or vessel is not within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States courts, though it be intended to employ her in navigating the-ocean, and even though the employer be a citizen or inhabitant of some other State or country than that in which the work is to be done; much less is a contract merely to construct ■the hull of an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This was a libel filed by Beers & Warner as assignees of Crawford & Terry, the builders, against a new steam ferry-boat, called the Jefferson, for a balance due the builders on account of work done and materials employed in constructing the hull of the vessel. It is alleged that Crawford & Terry contracted to build for Wilson Small, of New York, three ferry-boats, at Keyport, New Jersey, for $12,000 each; that they built one of them, to wit, the Jefferson; that they have a lien for the unpaid balance of the price, and that the vessel is now in the southern district of New York.
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