Legal Opinion
G. O. Reed, Inc. v. Coward
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1930No. 5736PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge. „
•This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty awarding to appellee a lien for $871.75 for work done in raising and repairing the motorboat Gertrude. Appellant, claimant and owner of the boat, contends that the lien was lost by laches, and also, if it was not so lost, that the amount awarded is excessive.
The Gertrude, a small boat about 33 feet long, was sunk in shallow water at its landing in Biseayne Bay during the great hurricane of September, 1926. Its then owner, Henry Sharp, employed appellee, a boatwright, to raise and repair it. It was found necessary to caulk…
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