Legal Opinion
The Retriever
District Court, D. Washington
Decided April 4, 1899PublishedCited by 8 opinions
On Exceptions to a Libel in Rem.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
This case has been heard upon exceptions to a libel in rem filed to recover brokerage commissions for procuring seamen to serve on the barkentine Retriever. In the case of The Gustavia, Fed. Cas. No. 5,876, decided by Judge Betts in the Southern district of New York in the year 1830, it was held that a ship’s broker has a lien on a foreign vessel, in the nature of the lien of a material man, for services in shipping a crew for the vessel and for advances for their wages; but, in the light of more recent decisions, I consider it very doubtful whether that case would be,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vandewater v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
- Marquardt v. FrenchDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- Grauman v. The HumboldtDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1898
3Cited by8 opinions
- Cory Bros. & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Rupert CityDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1914
- P. D. Marchessini & Co., (NEW YORK) Inc. v. Pacific Marine Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Goumas v. K. Karras & SonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1943
- Rhederei Actien Gesellschaft Oceana v. Clutha Shipping Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1915
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