Seaboard Fisheries Co. v. Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District •of Rhode Island; Arthur R Brown, Judge. Libels b¡y the Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Company to enforce maritime liens against the fishing steamer Walter Adams and certain other fishing steamers; the Seaboard Fisheries Company, claimant. Decrees for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
Maritime liens, asserted by the libelant company upon each of the vessels proceeded against in these cases, for amounts of coal alleged to have been furnished to them respectively during, the fishing season of 1914, have been sustained as valid by the District Court. The claimant appeals from the decrees, contending that upon the facts proved the libelant acquired no maritime lien upon either of said vessels.
There is little or no dispute as to the material facts. They are for the most part sufficiently set forth in the opinion below. The William B. Murray et ah, 240 Fed.…
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