Legal Opinion
Miami River Boat Yard, Inc. v. 60' Houseboat, Serial Sc-40-2860-3-62
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1968No. 24652PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The Shipyard’s libel against the Houseboat in rem asserting a lien for repairs, materials, and dockage under the Maritime Lien Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 971 (1958), was dismissed on summary judgment presumably because the craft was not a “vessel” essential to the Court’s jurisdiction. The successful claimant, neither by appearance, brief nor argument, undertakes to support this holding which, apart from genera! considerations, maritime or amphibious, without more, simply founders on the plain words of the statutory definition. “The word ‘vessel’ includes every description…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. PurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Lewyt Corporation v. Health-Mor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- The ShowboatDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1930
- Hercules Co., Inc. v. The Brigadier General Absolom BairdCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Pleason v. Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Houston-New Orleans, Inc. v. Page Engineering CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
- McCarthy v. The Bark PekingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Board of Com'rs of Orleans v. M/V Belle of OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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