In re Empire Shipbuilding Co.

Citations

• 221 F. 223
• 136 C.C.A. 633
• 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 1312

Syllabus

<p>1. Shipping <@^>83—Mortgage—Recording—Vessel Undue Construction.</p> <p>Rev. St. § 4192 (Comp. St. 1913, § 7778), providing for tile recording of mortgages of vessels of the United States in the office of the collector of customs, does not authorize the recording, immediately after the enrollment of a vessel, of a mortgage, which was executed some time before, while the vessel was still in the course of construction, since the mortgage, when executed, was not a mortgage of a vessel of the United States.</p> <p>(Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. §§ 109-119; Dec. Dig. <3^83.]</p> <p>^jFor oilier casos see seme topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & indexes</p> <p>2. Shipping <@=s>33—Mortgage—Unauthorized Recording—Effect.</p> <p>The recording in the office of the Collector of Customs of a mortgage on a vessel which there was no authority to record did not give constructive notice of the mortgage.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. §§ 109-119; Dec. Dig. <®=>33.]</p> <p>other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>