The F. A. Kilburn
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United-States for. the Northern District of California. Suit in admiralty by the Moore & 'Scott Iron Works against the steamer F. A. Kilburn. Decree for libelant, and claimant, the Maritime' Investment Company, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The libel in this case was brought to enforce an alleged lien upon the steamer F. A. Kilburn for repairs to her machinery and supplies furnished her while in her home port of San Francisco, upon the order of the chief engineer of the steamer, to the aggregate value of $1,429.44 — such a lien being given by the local law. Code Civ. Proc. Cal. § 813. The presumption that attends the making and furnishing of such supplies to a ship in a foreign port upon the order of her master is not sufficient to establish a valid lien on a vessel in her home port given only by virtue of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alaska & P. S. S. Co. v. C. W. Chamberlain & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Frank v. Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Co.California Court of Appeal · 1920