MARSHALL & CO. v. "PRES. ARTHUR"

No. 272.

279 U.S. 564 (1929)

W.A. MARSHALL & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, v. S.S. "PRESIDENT ARTHUR," ETC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Wright Hinckley for petitioner.

Messrs. John M. Woolsey and Samuel D. Stein, with whom Mr. Saul S. Myers was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

In May, 1925, W.A. Marshall & Co., Inc., filed a libel in admiralty in the federal District Court for Southern New York against the Steamship "President Arthur," asserting a maritime lien thereon for an unpaid balance of the purchase price of bunker coal furnished by it on the request of the owner to and for the use of the steamship. The owner, the American Palestine...

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