Case Name: NEW ENGLAND TRAWLER EQUIPMENT CO. v. ONE MODEL D TRAWLER WINCH AND APPURTENANCES et al.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1933-10-10
Citations: 5 F. Supp. 627
Docket Number: No. 559
Parties: NEW ENGLAND TRAWLER EQUIPMENT CO. v. ONE MODEL D TRAWLER WINCH AND APPURTENANCES et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 5
Pages: 627–628

Head Matter:
NEW ENGLAND TRAWLER EQUIPMENT CO. v. ONE MODEL D TRAWLER WINCH AND APPURTENANCES et al.
No. 559.
District Court, D. Massachusetts.
Oct. 10, 1933.
Abbott, Drew, Rogerson & Carr, of Boston, Mass., for libelant.
Burnham, Bingham, Pillsbury, Dana & Gould, of Boston, Mass., for petitioner Westerbeke Fishing Gear Co., Inc.
George E. Hears (of Thompson, Spring & Hears), of Boston, Mass., for petitioner Ruby A. Story, administratrix.
S. M. Whalen, of Boston, Mass., for respondent.

Opinion:
LOWELL, District Judge.
Question of jurisdiction.
The owner of a winch sold on conditional sale to. the motor vessel Donald seeks pos session of the winch on the ground that the required payments have not been made. This is a question on which there is apparently very little authority, but I am of the opinion that as it relates to the possession of a chattel which by use has become maritime, this court has jurisdiction. Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Pieces of Mahogany, 2 Lowell, 323, Fed. Cas. No. 4,845; The Blairmore I. (C. C. A.) 10 F.(2d) 35, 37.
Whether the libel is in proper form is another question.