Scatcherd Lumber Co. v. Rike
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity to Enforce a Maratime Lien Created by Statute. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Morgan. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Joseph N. Rike, against the appellants, the Scatcherd Lumber Company, a non-resident corporation, and Seward Cary, a resident citizen of Buffalo, New York. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Bill in Equity to Enforce a Maratime Lien Created by Statute. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Morgan. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Joseph N. Rike, against the appellants, the Scatcherd Lumber Company, a non-resident corporation, and Seward Cary, a resident citizen of Buffalo, New York. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The respondents moved to dismiss the bill for the want of equity, and demurred to the bill upon the ground that the chancery court of the State had no jurisdiction of the cause, since the proceeding…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Section 3054 of the Code of 1886 reads as follows : “A lien is hereby created on any ship, steamboat, or other water craft, whether registered, enrolled, or licensed, or not, that may be built, repaired, fitted, furnished, supplied, or victualed, within this State, for work done, or materials supplied by any person within this State, in or about the building, repairing, fitting, furnishing,supplying,or victualing such ship,steamboat, or other water-craft, and for the wages of the masters, laborers, stevedores and ship-keepers of such ship, *559steamboat, or other water-craft, in preference to…
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