Case Name: CAREY et al. v. The KITTY
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1808-03-25
Citations: 5 F. Cas. 59
Docket Number: 
Parties: CAREY et al. v. The KITTY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 5
Pages: 59–59

Head Matter:
Case No. 2,401.
CAREY et al. v. The KITTY.
[Bee, 254.]
District Court, D. South Carolina.
March 25, 1808.
Liability of Owners for Seamen’s Wages.
The owners of a vessel are liable for wages if the vessel prove insufficient to pay them.
[See Bronde v. Haven. Case Ko. 1,924; Skol-field v. Potter, Id. 12.920.]
[KOTE. For subsequent proceedings, see next following Case, Ko. 2,402.]
[In admiralty. Libel by Carey and others against the schooner Kitty and her owners].

Opinion:
Ko case including this question has been brought before me hitherto. I have fully considered the arguments that have been adduced, and have looked into the precedents of this court, as well as those in Clarke's Praxis, a book of high authority. I find that before, and since the American revolution, suits like the present have always been sustained. The arguments adduced to the contrary do not appear to me sufficient to overset the old practice of the court. I decree, therefore, that the process prayed for against the owners of the Kitty be granted, if the vessel should not prove to be sufficient for payment of seamen's wages.