Chester Rolling-Mills v. Hopatcong

These two proceedings were instituted under chapter 482 of the.Laws of 1862, for the collection, and enforcement of liens against two vessels. The facts are similar in both cases, and they are undisputed, and present the same questions of law. They may therefore be appropriately examined together, and the conclusion reached will control both cases. By the statute referred to, whenever a debt amounting to $50 or upwards “shall be contracted by the master, owner, charterer,- builder, or consignee of any ship or vessel, or either of them, within this state, * * * on account of work done or…