Legal Opinion
Johnson Engineering & Foundry Co. v. Paradox
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 13, 1894PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Libel for.materials and supplies.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The libelant furnished machinery to the yacht Paradox. If the supply of machinery is to be deemed a part of the “building” of the vessel, the contract, by the settled law of Ibis country, is not a maritime contract, and cannot be enforced in lliis court. Though the slate law gives a lien for building a vessel, the lien can be enforced in the state courts alone.
The Paradox was designed and built for the purpose of experimenting with a system of water-jet propulsion, patented by J. S. Morton. The libelant company, and its immediate predecessor, contracted to put in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Roach v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Tebo v. Mayor of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894
- Huismann v. The PioneerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1886
- Wilson v. . LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- In re GlenmontDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1887
3Cited by2 opinions
- McMaster v. One DredgeDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1899
- The Minnie V.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1927