The Harriet Ann
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In admiralty. This was a libel, filed April 3, 1873, by- Ole M. Nelson, against the scow Harriet Ann, for seaman’s wages during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. The vessel was owned by John A. Nelson, who was also her captain. In the spring of 1870, quite expensive repairs were made on the vessel, the money to pay for which was obtained from Amos J. Snell and Clark Lipe, to whom Nelson gave a mortgage for their advances.
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In admiralty. This was a libel, filed April 3, 1873, by- Ole M. Nelson, against the scow Harriet Ann, for seaman’s wages during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. The vessel was owned by John A. Nelson, who was also her captain. In the spring of 1870, quite expensive repairs were made on the vessel, the money to pay for which was obtained from Amos J. Snell and Clark Lipe, to whom Nelson gave a mortgage for their advances. The libellant worked upon the vessel as a seaman a part of the season of 1870, for which he seems to have been fully paid. In the spring of 1S71, Snell and Lipe became owners…
1Opinion of the Court
BLODGETT, District Judge.
Libellant now claims a lien on the vessel for all the wages earned by him for the seasons of 1869, 1870 and 1871, inclusive, which amounts in the aggregate, as his proof shows, to about $560.
There is no statute of limitations applicable to this class of actions. Seamen are said to be the wards of a court of admiralty, and their lien upon the vessel for wages is always recognized and enforced, when the aid of the court is invoked in apt time. What lapse of time shall make a claim for wages, or any maritime lien, “stale,” must depend so greatly upon the facts in each…
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