Legal Opinion
W. A. Marshall & Co. v. S. S. "President Arthur"
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1929No. 272PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
In May, 1925, W. A. Marshall & Co., Inc., filed a libel in admiralty in the federal District Court for Southern New York against the Steamship “ President Arthur,” asserting a maritime lien thereon for an unpaid balance of the purchase price of bunker coal furnished by it on the request of the owner to and for the use of the steamship. The owner, the American Palestine Line, Inc., answered as claimant, denying that the Company had a lien on the steamship and alleging that the entire purchase price had been paid in accordance with the contract of sale.
At the hearing the District Court held, on…
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