Legal Opinion
The Iris
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 1900No. 280PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTXAM, Circuit Judge.
The principles involved in this case have been so obscured by apparently conflicting decisions that they require thorough consideration, even at the cost of a protracted discussion.
The proceedings out of which this appeal arose grew out of alleged liens given by the Public Statutes of Massachusetts (chapter 192, § 14), as follows:
“When, by virtue of a contract, expressed or Implied, with the owners of a vessel, or with the agents, contractors, or sub-contractors of such owners, or with any of them, or with a person who has been employed to construct, repair, or launch a…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- The J. E. RumbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Green v. Van BuskirkSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Peyroux and Others v. HOWARD AND VARION.Supreme Court of the United States · 1833
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3Cited by42 opinions
- American Steel Barge Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Coal Agency Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- Ely v. Murray & Tregurtha Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912
- City of CamdenDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1906
- Cuddy v. ClementCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- The VigilantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907
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