Young v. Bonner

BELLINGER, District Judge.

The most important question in these cases, and one that is common to them all, is the question whether a seaman can acquire a lien on a vessel by reason of services rendered while employed by a receiver who has charge of such vessel, and is employing it in navigation under the orders of the court appointing him. It is argued against the lien that no lien can attach to property in the custody of the law, and therefore no lien- can attach to property in a receiver’s hands; that to authorize a lien the employment must be made or authorized by, and the service must be…