Wortman v. Griffith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in personam, filed in the district court, to recover compensation for services rendered by the libellant in repairing a steamboat. The district court decreed for the libellant [case unreported], and the respondents appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The libellant is the owner of a ship-yard, together with apparatus, consisting of a railway-cradle and other fixtures and implements, used for the purpose of hauling up vessels out of the *649water, and sustaining them while they are being repaired. Certain rates of compensation are charged, regulated by the tonnage of the vessel, for hauling her up on the ways, and a per diem charge is made for the time occupied while she is under repair, in cases where the owner of the yard and apparatus is not employed to do the work, but the repairs are made by other ship-masters, as…
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- Dailey v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904