Purinton v. Hull of a New Ship
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[Appeal from fhe district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] This was an appeal from a decree of the district court, in a suit by the appellee to enforce a lien for his wages as a joiner, for work done on the vessel proceeded against. It appeared that the claimants, being engaged in building this ship, contracted with one Chapman to do the joiner work at a fixed rate per ton.
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[Appeal from fhe district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] This was an appeal from a decree of the district court, in a suit by the appellee to enforce a lien for his wages as a joiner, for work done on the vessel proceeded against. It appeared that the claimants, being engaged in building this ship, contracted with one Chapman to do the joiner work at a fixed rate per ton. Chapman employed Pur-inton, the libellant, who did work on the vessel, amounting to $175. [Prom a decree of the district court for libelant (Case No. 11,473), respondents appealed.] •
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIS, Circuit Justice.
This case turns on tiie question whether a laborer, who contracts with a middle man, has a lien by the local law of Maine, for his wages earned in assisting to build a vessel. This depends on the construction of the act which confers the lien. (Rev. St. c. 125, § 35). The words of the law are: “Every ship carpenter, caulker, blacksmith, joiner, or other person, who shall perform labor or furnish materials for or on account of any vessel, &c„ shall have a lien on such vessel for his wages, or ma- i terials, until four days after such vessel is launched, &c.” The case is…
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