Yacht, Mary Jane, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Other Appurtenances, and Southern Sash of Montgomery, Inc. v. Broward Marine, Inc.

This appeal is from a final decree allowing recovery for maritime liens against the Yacht MARY JANE. Although the decree is for the sum of $5,-514.41, the difference between the parties has finally — we say finally with some emphasis — boiled down to approximately $1,100. There appears to be no real question about the work or the price charged by the shipyard, or the fact that it was done. The whole defense rests on the fact that unlike the usual situation in which a master is placed aboard a vessel to command her and incur such obligations as may be necessary to the vessel’s operation, what…