4 F. 847 | S.D.N.Y. | 1880
This is a suit for labor and materials furnished in repairing the schooner Mary Chilton. The repairs were put upon her at the libellant’s dock in Brooklyn. The libel claims / lien therefor both by tlio maritime law and by the state law.
As to a lien by the state law there is no proof that the libellant filed the necessary specification. As to a general maritime lien it is shown that the owner of the vessel, who personally contracted with the libellant for the repairs, then and long before resided in New York city. The vessel had been registered at New London, Conn., and “New London” was painted on her stern when the vessel came to the libel-
Libel dismissed with costs.