The Tangier
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
.The libellants, ship-chandlers of Boston, furnished money to the master of the brig Tangier, of Bangor, to pay off his crew, who had arrived here at -the end of a voyage from Savannah, by way of the West Indies; and the money, or most of it, was proved to have been applied to the purposes for which it was borrowed. There was evidence tending to show that Capt.
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.The libellants, ship-chandlers of Boston, furnished money to the master of the brig Tangier, of Bangor, to pay off his crew, who had arrived here at -the end of a voyage from Savannah, by way of the West Indies; and the money, or most of it, was proved to have been applied to the purposes for which it was borrowed. There was evidence tending to show that Capt. Grant, the master of the vessel, had not followed the instructions of the owners in going to Savannah, and that they had determined to remove him, and had sent one of their number to Boston for that purpose. The vessel was consigned to…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
Id.the case of The A.' R: Dunlap [Case No. 513], I expressed the opinion that Pratt v. Reed [supra] must have been decided on its own peculiar facts, which certainly tended strongly to show an exclusive personal credit for the supplies which were furnished to the vessel. In the late case of The Grapeshot, 9 Wall. [76 U. S.] 129, the supreme court have conclusively settled this vexed question, and the lien is now re-established on its ancient foundation, or nearly so. It cannot ' be doubted that the privilege of the material-man who supplies a foreign ship extends to the…
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- Dias v. BouchaudNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
- Goodyear v. WatsonNew York Supreme Court · 1851
- Speiglemyer v. CrawfordNew York Court of Chancery · 1837
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- Lyman v. The H. E. WillardDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1891
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