The Maria Theresa 16 F. Cas. 740

Case No. 9,082.

The MARIA THERESA.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 28, 1848.

Shipping — Illegal Seizure op Vessel bt American Consul — Lien por Wages.

[1. Where a vessel is illegally seized by an American consul, in a foreign port, abandoned by the representative of the owners, and sent home under a master and crew shipped by the consul, she is liable to a lien for the wages of such crew, and for pilotage. See The Anne, Case No. 412.]

[2. There is a lien created against the vessel, both for wages and for pilotage.]

[Decided by KANE, District Judge. Nowhere reported; opinion not now accessible. The above statement of the case was taken from 1 Brightly, Dig. 589, 801.]