Paul v. The Ilex
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana.] [This was a libel by James Paul against the bark Ilex to enforce a maritime lien for services as a stevedore. The libel was dismissed in the court below.] Case unreported.
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY, Circuit Justice.
This is a libel in rem against a foreign ship, bound on a foreign voyage, for services as stevedore In loading timber on the ship. A stevedore has never been held to have a claim against the ship itself for his services; on the contrary, the claim has been uniformly rejected. Judge Betts, in Cox v. Murray [Case No. 3,304], undertakes to explain why the loading of á ship with cargo preparatory to a voyage, is not a maritime service, whilst the furnishing of repairs and supplies preparatory to such voyage is a maritime service. He seems to think that the maritime…
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