Arnold v. Eastin's Trustee
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76 — Action by Lee Baskett and Others asainst R. C. Arnold iand the Farmers’ Bank and Tbust^ Co. as Trustee for Rankin Eastin to Enforce a Mortgage Lien on Boat and .Barges. ■APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. From the Judgment Basket and Arnold Appeal and Eastin’s Trustee Prosecutes a Cross-Appeal.
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Case 76 — Action by Lee Baskett and Others asainst R. C. Arnold iand the Farmers’ Bank and Tbust^ Co. as Trustee for Rankin Eastin to Enforce a Mortgage Lien on Boat and .Barges. ■APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. From the Judgment Basket and Arnold Appeal and Eastin’s Trustee Prosecutes a Cross-Appeal. PROPOSITIONS DISCUSSED. 1. A barge is not such a vessel as is required to be registered under the maritime laws of the United States; is simply a chattel, and a mortgage given thereon should be recorded in the office .of the clerk of the county court in the county in which the said ■barge…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of ti-ie court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Affirming as to trustee, AND REVERSING AS TO OTHERS.
Rankin Eastin operated a coal mine near Spottsville, Ky. His property consisted of a coal mine at the above .place, with a storehouse and mining equipments, with an office, coal ■dock, scales, etc., at Evansville, Ind., and a steamer, called the “Edgar,” formerly the “Russar,” and thirteen coal barges, plying between the mines and Evansville and elsewhere. There were various liens upon the property, some on the mines and other property at Spottsville, and some claimed on the boat and barges. A receiver…
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