The James Guy

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This is an notion brought to recover of the steamer James Guy the sum of 82,534, being the amount of a bill of repairs put on that vessel in July, 1866, by Young Tall, the libel-lant. No question is raised as to the performing of the work or the correctness of the amount charged. The sole controversy is whether the facts establish a lien upon ’the vessel.

It appears in evidence, that the work in question was ordered by George Olney in Baltimore, where both Olney and the vessel were at that time. Olney was the owner of the boat, and a resident of the city •of Brooklyn,…