Case Name: BOGART et al. v. The JOHN JAY
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1853-05
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOGART et al. v. The JOHN JAY.
Judges: Before BETTS, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 801–801

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,697.
BOGART et al. v. The JOHN JAY.
[N. Y. Courier and Inquirer,
May 20, 1853.]
District Court, S. D. New York.
May, 1853.
Shipping — Mortgage or Vessel — Subsequent Purchaser without Notice.
[In admiralty. Libel by John Bogart and others against the steamboat John Jay, her tackle, etc. (George Logan, claimant).
Decree for claimant.]
Before BETTS, District Judge.

Opinion:
The libellants are mortgagees of the boat. The mortgage was not registered in the custom-house nor city register. After its execution, the owner of the boat sold her to the claimant, and the bill of sale was duly registered at the custom-house. It is not proved that the purchaser had actual notice of the mortgage, before the bill of sale and delivery of the boat to him.
Held, that a court of equity might be enabled to bring to light circumstances which would vitiate the claimant's title as against the mortgage, but in this action admiralty can only regard the legal title, and that is with claimant, and he must have a decree, with costs.