Liberty Steamboat Co. v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
' Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This was a libel by Henry B. Turner against the steamer Havana, the Liberty Steamboat Company, claimants, for repairs and supplies, and was heard, with three other libels against the same vessel for the same purpose, respectively by Andrew Beed, Jacob Rossman, and George I. Roberts and others.
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' Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This was a libel by Henry B. Turner against the steamer Havana, the Liberty Steamboat Company, claimants, for repairs and supplies, and was heard, with three other libels against the same vessel for the same purpose, respectively by Andrew Beed, Jacob Rossman, and George I. Roberts and others. Decrees were rendered for the libelants in each of the cases (54 Fed. 201), from which the claimant appeals.
1Per curiam
These are appeals from four decrees of the district court, Southern district of New York, sustaining maritime liens for repairs and supplies furnished to the steamer Havana by the respective libelants. The claimant assigns as error that the Havana was in her home port when the repairs and supplies were furnished, and that they were furnished on the orders of the owner, and not on the credit of the vessel. It appears that the steamer was owned by the Liberty Steamboat Company, a New Jersey corporation. It is well settled, therefore, under the authorities, that when in New York, although…
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