The Lulu
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a suit in admiralty to enforce a lien claimed upon the steamer Lulu for repairs made upon her at the request of the master. It ifras consolidated with other suits, all brought by material men for supplies or repairs to the vessel to the extent of $8796.21. The steam vessel was owned in New York, which was her home port, but employed in the trade between Baltimore, in Maryland, and Charleston, in South Carolina.
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This was a suit in admiralty to enforce a lien claimed upon the steamer Lulu for repairs made upon her at the request of the master. It ifras consolidated with other suits, all brought by material men for supplies or repairs to the vessel to the extent of $8796.21. The steam vessel was owned in New York, which was her home port, but employed in the trade between Baltimore, in Maryland, and Charleston, in South Carolina. When the libel was filed she had been plying in the- trade about eleven months, that is to say, from April, 1866, to March, 1867. The repairs and supplies for which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Experience shows that ships and vessels employed in commerce and navigation often need repairs and supplies in . course of a voyage, when the owners of the same are absent, and at times and places when and where the master may be without funds, and may find it impracticable to communicate seasonably with the owners of the vessel upon the subject.
Contracts for repairs and supplies, under such circumstances, may be made by the master to enable the vessel to proceed on her voyage, and if the repairs and supplies were necessary for that purpose, and were made and furnished to a foreign vessel or…
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