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Note And Comment, G L. Canfield, Edson R. Sunderland, Horace Lafayette Wilgus, George D. Clapperton
Note And Comment, G L. Canfield, Edson R. Sunderland, Horace Lafayette Wilgus, George D. Clapperton
Michigan Law Review
Maritime Liens - Personality of Ship - In Coal Company v. Fisheries Company (Advanced Sheets, Nov. 15, ig2o), the Supreme Court denies a lien for supplies of coal furnished the owner of a fleet of vessels for use thereon and, incidentally, brings into stronger relief the admiralty doctrine of the personality of the ship as distinguished from that of the owner. At the time the arrangement was made, the shipowner was without money or credit and could not enter upon its operations without a supply of coal for its ships and factories. The Coal Company agreed to supply its requirements …