Case Name: SOUTHERN LOG CART & SUPPLY CO. v. LAWRENCE et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1898-04-19
Citations: 86 F. 907
Docket Number: No. 675
Parties: SOUTHERN LOG CART & SUPPLY CO. v. LAWRENCE et al.
Judges: Before PARDEE and McGORMICK, Circuit Judges, and SWAYNE, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 86
Pages: 907–907

Head Matter:
SOUTHERN LOG CART & SUPPLY CO. v. LAWRENCE et al.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 19, 1898.)
No. 675.
1. Maritime Liens — Admiralty Jurisdiction.
A. flatbcat, with a iiile driver and its engine erected thereon, which fe' mainly used in constructing bulkheads for the erection of channel lights, and which is also employed in transporting materials nsed in ihe work (being towed by a tug for tills purpose), is to bo classed as a “vessel” within the maritime jurisdiction, and subject to maritime liens.
2. Same — Seamen’s Wages.
Persons employed upon such a boat, who assist in moving her about, and who also work the pile driver and are engaged in constructing the bulkhead, are to he regarded as rendering maritime services, so as to give them alien on the vessel for their wages.
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama.
This was a libel in rem by Millard T. Lawrence and others against an unnamed ilatboat or pile driver of which the Southern Log Cart & Supply Company were claimants, to recover a balance of wages due for services rendered on the said boat. The district court held that the boat was a “vessel” capable of becoming the subject of &■ maritime lien, and that the services rendered by the libelants were maritime services, and accordingly rendered a decree in their favor. The opinion of the district judge, which contains a full statement of the facts, is reported in 84 Fed. 200.
Harry T. Smith, for appellant. .
J. Ralston Burgett, W. D. McKinstry, and Leslie B. Sheldon, for appellees.
Before PARDEE and McGORMICK, Circuit Judges, and SWAYNE, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons given by the learned district judge, and found in the transcript, the decree appealed from is affirmed.