The Sea Lark
District Court, D. Massachusetts
This was a libel in admiralty, by the owners of the ship Jabez Snow, to recover the value of a chain and anchor, furnished to the ship Sea Larlt, in September, 1857, at the Chincha Islands. Both vessels were of Boston, and met at the Chincha Islands.
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This was a libel in admiralty, by the owners of the ship Jabez Snow, to recover the value of a chain and anchor, furnished to the ship Sea Larlt, in September, 1857, at the Chincha Islands. Both vessels were of Boston, and met at the Chincha Islands. The Sea Lark, before her arrival there, had lost a chain and anchor, by a collision with another vessel, and the master of the Jabez Snow furnished the chain and anchor sued for, from his own vessel, to supply the place of those that' had been lost. In June, 1858, the owner of the Sea Lark gave the libellants his note for the amount, (about…
1Opinion of the Court
SPRAGUE, District Judge.
Two questions are raised in this case. First, was the ship Sea Lark ever subjected to a lien for the chain and anchor; and second, if she was, has the lien been lost. It is admitted, that as the law was understood, prior to the case of Pratt v. Reed, 19 How. [60 U. S.] 359, the sale of these articles, under the circumstances, would have created a lien upon the ship. By the law, as laid down in that case, it is incumbent on the libellants, in order to sustain their action, to prove, not only that the articles furnished were necessary for the ship, but also that they…
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