Bird v. the Steamboat Josephine
New York Court of Appeals
On the 10th day of December, 1866, Freeman B. Bird and Freeman B. Bird, Jr., the attaching creditors in the above-entitled proceeding, filed specifications of lien against the steamboat Josephine, her tackle, &c., pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled “ An Act to provide for the Collection of Demands against Ships and Yessels,” passed April 24th, 1862 (Laws 1862, chap. 482), for supplies furnished by them at the city of…
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On the 10th day of December, 1866, Freeman B. Bird and Freeman B. Bird, Jr., the attaching creditors in the above-entitled proceeding, filed specifications of lien against the steamboat Josephine, her tackle, &c., pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled “ An Act to provide for the Collection of Demands against Ships and Yessels,” passed April 24th, 1862 (Laws 1862, chap. 482), for supplies furnished by them at the city of New York to the said steamboat, between the 1st day of June, 1866, and the 5th day of December, 1866. During the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The question presented for adjudication is the constitutionality of this act of the legislature, of April 24, 1862, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels." This statute declares, that, whenever a debt, amounting to fifty dollars or upward as to a sea-going or ocean-bound vessel, or amounting to fifteen dollars or upward as to any other vessel, shall be contracted by the master, owner, charterer, builder or consignee of any ship or vessel, or the agent of either of them, within this State, for either of the following purposes: first, on account of…
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