Case Name: The J. M. WELSH
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1875-07
Citations: 13 F. Cas. 643
Docket Number: Case No. 7,327
Parties: The J. M. WELSH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 13
Pages: 643–643

Head Matter:
Case No. 7,327.
The J. M. WELSH.
[8 Ben. 211.]
District Court, E. D. New York.
July, 1875.
J. J. Allen, for libellant.
E. D. McCarthy, for claimants.
[Reported by Robert D. Benedict, Esq., and Benj. Lincoln Benedict, Esq., and-here reprinted by permission.]

Opinion:
BENEDICT, District Judge.
The terms of the contract under which the libellant Austin claims to have towed the vessel proceeded against show beyond dispute that the libel-lant relied solely upon the personal credit of Easton & McMahon, and not upon the credit of the boats towed.
The contract is inconsistent with the idea of a lien, and shows that a lien upon the boats was not within the contemplation of the parties. For services rendered under such a contract, and upon an exclusively personal credit, no lien exists. The libel is accordingly dismissed with costs.