Legal Opinion
The Showboat
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 26, 1930No. 25PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
The question presented is whether on the facts stated this eourt has jurisdiction in admiralty (1) to enforce maritime liens for services, supplies, etc., and (2) of a suit to foreclose a ship mortgage on Showboat. Jurisdiction is opposed by the state court receiver on the ground that she is not a “vessel” within the admiralty meaning.
The Revised Statutes, § 3, provide that “the word 'vessel’ includes every description of water craft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.” 1 USCA § 3, page 6. Showboat is…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. PurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Hartsville Oil Mill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co. v. Chero Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Eastern S. S. Corp. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- McCarthy v. The Bark PekingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Miami River Boat Yard, Inc. v. 60' Houseboat, Serial Sc-40-2860-3-62Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. F/V SYLVESTER F. WHALENDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1963
- Selame Associates, Inc. v. Holiday Inns, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1978
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