Legal Opinion

EVANS v. STARBUCK

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 1894No. 26PublishedCited by 10 opinions

This was a libel by Evans and others against the dredge Starbuck to recover wages.

1Opinion of the Court

BUTLER, District Judge.

The claims are for wages. The respondent is a dredge, working in the water with the usual accompaniment of scows. That a dredge and her scows are to be treated as one concern, and are subject to the admiralty jurisdiction has been séveral times decided, and I think rightly. To discuss the subject would be waste of time. The question of admiralty jurisdiction has been so fully considered that nothing new can be added. The fol*503lowing cases present the subject in every aspect in which it has arisen or is likely to arise: The Pioneer, 30 Fed. 206; The Alabama, 19 Fed. 544;…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. The AlabamaUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
  2. The Kate TremaineDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1871
  3. The Hendrick HudsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1869
  4. Huismann v. The PioneerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1886
  5. McNamara v. The AtlanticDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1893

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McRae v. Bowers Dredging Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1898
  2. Charles Barnes Co. v. One Dredge BoatDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1909
  3. Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Co. v. Federal Contracting Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1906
  4. Lawrence v. FlatboatDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1897
  5. Connelly v. The InternationalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1897

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