Excerpt from Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Ninth Circuit, 1877, Vol. 3 Even where a party is in possession at the time of the commencement of the suit of some Of the apparel of the ship (e. G. Sails), which he has repaired, and on which he has a lien at common law, the court will order him to deliver them up and look to the court for the protection Of his rights. (the Harmonie, 1 Wm. Rob. But the point under consideration is different from that presented in these cases. The inquiry here is, can the owner, after he has regained possession of the vessel, either by successfully defending the original suit or by paying Or giving bonds for the pay ment of the demands for which she has been seized, defeat an otherwise valid lien, on the ground that the contract on which it is claimed was made, and the consideration for it rendered, before the release, and while the vessel was still in the custody of the law? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.