THE
VELOX
ads. WOSKE.
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measures tow to testifyaccnrately concerning them, or 'to take to avoid them. , The libelants are entitled to decrees,with 6OSts, and a reference to compute the amount of dama.ges, if they are not agreed upon.
THEVELOX,. her Tackle, etc., ads. WOSD and others. SAME ads. WILKINS and others.
In
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Petition of RUMOND and others v. The Proceeds of THE VELOX. (Distriot Oourt, 8. D. Now 'York. August' 2, 1884.)
1.
)lARITIME LIENS-WAGEa-TRAVELmG ;EXPENSES-STEVEDORE'!! SERVIOES ANt> SHIP'S NECESSAIUlllS-ORDER oir PRIoRITY.
, Seamen having shipped at Japan upon a Dutch vessel for a voyage to New York and back, and the voyage being broken up by,a sale of the vessel in New York, fLeld, that the)iens of the master and seamen were regulated by the Code of tl;J.e'Neiherlands, and that they were entitfed, under the fifth rank ofprivilege, to priority out of the proceeds of the ship for the payment of their wages and" double advance", over liens for supplies and stevedore's services furnished in New York, which come under the sixth rank as ship's necessaries. Traveling expenses were disallowed under the proofs.
2.
SAME-DUTCH CoDE-SHIP AND FREIGHT DISTINGUISHED.
The freight being also attached, and no express order of privilege on freight being established by"the I)utch Code, under the equities of this case, that the freight should be shared pro rata by the ship-chandler and stevedore, and by the master and seamen for the residue of their claims not 'paid from the proceeds of the ship.
In Admiralty. Jas.· K. Hill, Wing x Shoudy, for libelants, Woske and others. Sidney Chubb, for libelants, Braker and others. BROWN, J. The proceeds of the ship and freight being insufficient to satisfy all the liens, the re9pective claims must be discharged according to the priorities prescribed by the Commercial, Code of the Netherlands, as the law of the country to which the ship belongs. Section 313 of that Code prescribes the order of paying liens "out of the proceeds of sea-going ships." This section does not, however, in terms include freight. By the general maritime law the freight is fot wages and other charges incurred, in earning it. Section 451 of the same Code declares the ship and freight specially liable for wages; but I have not been referred to any section of the Code which necessitates the same order of privilege upon the freight as upon the ship. The stevedore's services are as essential to the earning of freight as the seaman's previous services, and the former has an equal equity, therefore, with the latter. In the absence of any
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express provision subordinating the former to the latter, I feel justified in placing them both upon the same level. The same, also, as respects the ship-chandler's supplies, which were mostly for provision9 for the support of the officers and crew. The proceeds of the ship itself must be distributed as provided by section 313. To the second and third order of privilege under that section belong "port charges, and guard, keeper, and porter's wages." These will include the small charges for watchman, consul's fee, and towing, amounting. together to $32,. which must, therefore, be paid in full. The stevedore's and the ship-chandler's claims, although arising in .port, are not port charges, within the meaning of subdivision 2, but fall nnder subdivision 6, as "ship's necessaries." They are, therefore, subsequent in the order of privilege to the wages of the master and crew, which are entitled to priority under the fifth subdivision. The sums in the registry of the court applicable to the payment of all the claims with costs are $1,040.66, as proceeds of the ship, and $525.80 as freight money, which was also attached in the caUse. The costs and charges of the clerk, commissioner, and proctors iIi all the proceedings amount to $196.85. The two funds should be kept distinct, ahd the costs and charges apportioned to each pro rata, as no grounds of a different division appear. After deducting from each its proportion of the costs, what remains of the proceeds of the ship mnst be applied, first, to the payment of the three items amounting to $32, above referred to, which are prior in order of privilege; and next to the payment of the wages of the master and crew, including $368, the double advance due to the crew, "as wages," under sections 411 and 412. The sum of $900, estimated traveling expenses of return to Japan, I disallow. The proceeds of the ship, being insufficient to pay these wages, are to be divided among them pro rata, so far as the proceeds of the ship will go. What remains thereafter unpaid is entitled to come in concourse with the claims of the stevedore and the ship-chandler against the residue of the freight money, after deducting its proportion of costs. For the deficiency of the claims of the stevedore and ship-chandler, after the pro rata distribution of the freight, although the master would seem to be liable, yet, as he has not been sued in personam, no judgment or relief against him can be ordered in these proceedings. Decrees may be entered in accordance herewith. See The Senator, 21 FED. REP. 191 ; The E. A. Barnard, 2 FED. REP. 712; The Windermere, Id. 722,727; Gilbert Hubbard & Co. v. Roach, Id. 394; and The Canada, 7 FED. REP. 119; The Ole Oleson, 20 FED. REP. 384; The Hattie M. Bain. Id. 389; The J. W. Tucker. Id. 129.,..-[ED.
GLOVER GLOVER V.
II.
SHEPPERD.
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SHEPPERD and others.
(OirlJuit Oourt, W. D. WisoonBin. August, 1884.) JURISDICTION OF CIRCUIT' COURT-TRANSFER OF INTEREST PENDING HEARINGCrrIZENSHIP-SUPPI,EMENTAL BILL.
. G., a citizen of Wisconsin, hrought a suit in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of W L'lconsin against S., a citizen of Minnesota, and W" a citizen of Ohio, to set aside a tax deed upon his land, situated in Wisconsin, as a cloud on his title, and, after the case was ready for trial and set down for hearing, transferred his entire interest in the land to U, a citizen of Minnesota. Heid that, although O. could not originally have brought the suit, the jurisdiction of the court, having once attached, was not divested by the transfer in such a manner that the assignee could not, by a supplemental bill, or an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill, filed in the circuit court, continue the jurisdiction of the court, and retain and preserve the benefit of the former proceedings in the suit of G. aJl;ainst the same defendants.
In Equity. Pinney &: Sanborn, for complainants. Sloan, Stevens &: Morris, for defendants. BUNN, J. This action was originally brought by John E. Glover, a citizen of Wisconsin, complainant, agaiust the defendants, Harvey C. Shepperd, a citizen of Minnesota, and Henry B. Waldron, a 9itizen of Ohio, to sot aside a certain tax deed upon the complainant's land, situate in the county of Saint Croix, Wisconsin, as a cloud upon the title. Issue was joined therein, testimony taken, and the cause ready for hearing and set down for hearing in this court, when the complainant, Glover, transferred his entire interest in the land to Margaret Coles, a citizen of Minnesota. Whereupon complainant's solicitors now move to file a supplemental bill, or an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill, in behalf of Margaret Coles, the assignee of Glover, the original complainant, setting forth all the proceedings in the original cause, and praying that the defendants· may be required to answer the said bill. The defendants' attorneys at the same time move for a dismissal of the case, on the ground that the transfer of the complainant's entire interest in the subject-matter of the action worked an abatement of the suit, and that the assignee, being a citizen of the same state as one of the defendants, and not competent to maintain an original suit in this court, cannot attain the same ends by a supplemental bill, or by an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill. It is conceded that Mrs. Coles being a citizen of the same state with the defendant Shepperd, could not maintain an original suit in this court; and the question is whether the jurisdiction of this court, having once attached, is divested by the transfer of Glover in such So manner that his assignee cannot, by a supplemental bill, or an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill, filed in this court, continue the jurisdiction of this court, and retain and preserve the ben, v.21F,no.8-31