Schuchardt v. The Angelique

The matter coming up before the court this morning,

said that argument of the petition was unnecessary, as he should hold the law to be that a maritime lien which attached to the rem was entitled to a preference over a mortgage, although the mortgage had been duly recorded; that no difference would be made between a lien given by a maritime law and one given by the local law of the state, if the latter was one of which a court of admiralty would take cognizance; that the lien creditors having obtained decrees in the circuit court, this court would not review the decree upon a petition filed in the circuit court; that this would dispose of the petition, and accordingly the application of the petitioners must be dismissed.