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88 U.S. 558 (1875)

21 Wall. 558

22 L.Ed. 654

THE LOTTAWANNA.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 19-20, 1874.

May 3, 1875.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was twice argued, once at December Term, 1873, by Mr. T.J. Semmes, for the appellant, and Messrs. J.A. Grow and L.M. Day, for the appellees; and now, at this term, by Mr. R. Mott, for the appellant, and Mr. J.A. Grow, for the appellees, and by Mr. W.W. Goodrich, in favor of the lien for supplies furnished a vessel in her home port, and by Mr. William Allan Butler and Mr. Andrew Boardman, in opposition to such lien.

Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal questions raised in this case were decided by this court adversely to the lien more than fifty years ago in the case of The General Smith, reported in 4 Wheaton, 438, and that decision has ever since been adhered to, except occasionally in some of the District Courts. A solemn judgment relied on so long by the commercial community as a rule of property...

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