Legal Opinion
The Selah
District Court, D. California
Decided August 25, 1876PublishedCited by 9 opinions
In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The master of the above bark, which is a British vessel, intervenes for the payment of his wages out of the proceeds concurrently with the seamen, and in preference to the claims of certain material-men for supplies furnished in this port on the usual credit of shipowners and masters.
He claims this right under the statute of 17 & 18 Viet. c. 104, § 191, which provides that every master of a ship shall, so far as the case permits, have the same rights, liens and remedies for the recovery of which by this act or by any law or custom any seaman not being master, has for…
2Cited by9 opinions
- Laidlaw v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
- Hathaway v. The Brantford CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- Covert v. The British Brig WexfordDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1880
- The ErinaghDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1881
- Mills v. The ScotiaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
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