Legal Opinion
The State of Maine
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 31, 1884PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
In August, 1884, the American ship State of Maine, being at anchor at Antwerp, and in need of seamen there, shipped a crew, of whom the libelants were a part. Before doing so the captain in vain endeavored to procure a crew without making any advances of wages or paying any sailors’ bills there. He was subsequently able to obtain a crew only upon providing for the payment of certain bills for board that were claimed to be due from the men there. The men were shipped under the supervision of the American consul at Antwerp, and the bills were paid by the captain through him. The correctness of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
3Cited by6 opinions
- The KestorDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1901
- The BelgierDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917
- The TalusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
- The RhineDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1917
- The WindrushCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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