United States Courts of Appeals Reports; Cases Adjudged in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals Volume 28 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...to carry the excavated material the dredges would have been useless for this work, and the scows would have been of no use for this work without the services of the dredges. " The scows bore no name, but were known by numbers only. When brought back empty the various scows were towed to the dredges to be filled, in accordance with the directions of the superintendents in charge of the dredging work. " No itemized account of the towing of the dredges or of each scow to and from each dredge or of the towage of the dredges was kept by the tugs. " This suit was brought by the libellant against the dredges Columbus, America and Starbuck and the scows Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, and of these the marshal attached the dredge Columbus and scows Nos. 6, 8, 11 and 12. " The dredges and scows against which the suit was brought were the only ones within the jurisdiction of the court at that time." Two questions are presented by the pleadings and the statement of facts. 1. The libel states that the dredges and scows constituted the plant of the Philadelphia Dredging Company, and alleges that that company used them, and that "the libellant, at the request of the agent of said company, furnished the tugboats." It is Opinion of the Court. also alleged that the " said services were rendered on the credit of said plant, and not on the credit of the owners thereof, who are unknown to the libellant," etc.; but this latter averment is, in our opinion, when considered in connection with the specific statements to which we have referred, insufficient in law; for the material inquiry is, not whether the libellant himself may have contemplated a claim of lien, but whether a lien was created...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...to carry the excavated material the dredges would have been useless for this work, and the scows would have been of no use for this work without the services of the dredges. " The scows bore no name, but were known by numbers only. When brought back empty the various scows were towed to the dredges to be filled, in accordance with the directions of the superintendents in charge of the dredging work. " No itemized account of the towing of the dredges or of each scow to and from each dredge or of the towage of the dredges was kept by the tugs. " This suit was brought by the libellant against the dredges Columbus, America and Starbuck and the scows Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, and of these the marshal attached the dredge Columbus and scows Nos. 6, 8, 11 and 12. " The dredges and scows against which the suit was brought were the only ones within the jurisdiction of the court at that time." Two questions are presented by the pleadings and the statement of facts. 1. The libel states that the dredges and scows constituted the plant of the Philadelphia Dredging Company, and alleges that that company used them, and that "the libellant, at the request of the agent of said company, furnished the tugboats." It is Opinion of the Court. also alleged that the " said services were rendered on the credit of said plant, and not on the credit of the owners thereof, who are unknown to the libellant," etc.; but this latter averment is, in our opinion, when considered in connection with the specific statements to which we have referred, insufficient in law; for the material inquiry is, not whether the libellant himself may have contemplated a claim of lien, but whether a lien was created...

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United States

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September 2013

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September 2013

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246 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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250

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978-1-130-52482-6

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9781130524826

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1-130-52482-5



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