Legal Opinion
Murray v. Schwartz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 27, 1949No. 246, Docket 21306PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
It is conceded that, in the absence of the state statute on which appellees rely, the federal courts have no jurisdiction in admiralty to enforce this lien. A wharfage contract touching a dead ship is not mari time, and a contract which is not maritime cannot create a lien subject to the jurisdiction of admiralty. The Poznan, 2 Cir., 9 F.2d 838, 842-843; Robinson, Admiralty, 180.
The trial court, in full agreement with this proposition, nevertheless decided that there was jurisdiction to enforce the lien, by virtue of § 80 of the New York lien Law. Even if that statute is…
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