Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before the court upon a writ of error to the supreme court of the State of Michigan.
The facts in the case, so far as they are material to the decision of this court, are as follows: —
The steamboat Globe was built in the State of Michigan, and by the laws of that State the persons who furnish materials for her construction had a lien upon her, and had a right to enforce...
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