Legal Opinion
The John McDermott
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 8, 1901PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
On exceptions to commissioner’s report. The Hartford Dredging Company owned the dredging plant herein libeled, and had mortgaged it for $12,000 to the Hartford Trust Company on February 4, 1899. The libels and claims herein were for seamen’s wages and for supplies furnished the vessels in ports of Block Island and Rhode Island on the order of the captain or steward of the vessels while they were engaged in dredging at said places. The supplies were necessary to the conduct of the business of the fleet. The commissioner allowed the claims of the seamen and materialmen.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McRae v. Bowers Dredging Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1898
- The James GuyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1867
- Steam Dredge No. 1District Court, D. New Jersey · 1898
- Featherston v. The JacksonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
3Cited by3 opinions
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