The South Coast
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Suit in admiralty by J. C. Rudbach against the steamer South Coast, the South Coast Steamship Company, Claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Suit in admiralty by J. C. Rudbach against the steamer South Coast, the South Coast Steamship Company, Claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals. On June 19, 1915, the South Coast Steamship Company chartered to Howard R. Levick, Jr., with the right of purchase, the steam schooner South Coast, on terms and conditions set 'forth in the charter party, which contains, among others, the following provisions: “Fifth. It is understood that this…
1Opinion of the CourtWolverton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] Prior to the adoption of the act of Congress of June 23, 1910 (36 Slat. 604), relating to liens upon vessels for repairs, supplies, or other necessaries, there was much confusion respecting the law, as to whether a lien would attach where the necessaries and supplies, etc., were ordered by the master when the owner was personally present, or whether such a lien was susceptible of being impressed orally by the owner in case the supplies, etc., were furnished through his personal order ou the credit of the ship. In the first instance, it was thought that…
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