Scull v. Shakespear
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 28, to July Term 1872. This was a libel filed January 27th 1870, by William M. Shakes-pear against the schooner “ Maggie Cain,” William Fisher and James H. Fisher, partners as William Fisher & Son, owners, and Andrew Scull, master. The libel was filed under the Act of June 13th 1826, Pamph. L. 616, 1 Br.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 28, to July Term 1872. This was a libel filed January 27th 1870, by William M. Shakes-pear against the schooner “ Maggie Cain,” William Fisher and James H. Fisher, partners as William Fisher & Son, owners, and Andrew Scull, master. The libel was filed under the Act of June 13th 1826, Pamph. L. 616, 1 Br. Purd. 94. Sect. 1 provides that vessels of all kinds built, &e., vrithin this Commonwealth, shall be .subject to a lien for all debts contracted by the masters or owners thereof, for work or materials done or provided in building, &c., in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, February 24th 1874, by
Agnew, C. J.
The lien given by the Act of 13fch of June 1836, *303for work done and materials furnished in the building of ships and vessels of all kinds, is expressly confined to certain classes of tradesmen and mechanics, to wit, carpenters, blacksmiths, mast-makers, boat-builders, blockmakers, ropemakers, sailmakers, riggers, joiners, carders, plumbers, painters, ship-chandlers and others named, concluding with lumber merchants. These are the individuals who actually do the work and furnish the materials for building and equipping…
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