Legal Opinion

Gibbons v. Steamboat C. J. Caffrey

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1867PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge

The claim in this case was for a lien on the boat for labor done by a person not employed on board.of the boat, in lading and discharging freight, as for a debt contracted (as alleged) in getting out, furnishing and equipping the boat, under the second clause of the act concerning Boats and Vessels. The case comes within the decision in Gibbons v. St. Bt. Fanny Barker, decided at this term. The statute gives no lien in such a case.

Judgment affirmed.

The other judges concur.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. Lykes Brothers Steamship CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  2. Waterman Steamship Corporation v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960