The Valencia

Citations

• 165 U.S. 264
• 17 S. Ct. 323
• 41 L. Ed. 710
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1966

Syllabus

<p>One furnishing supplies or making repairs on the order simply of a person acquiring the control arid possession of a vessel under a charter party requiring him to provide and pay for all the coals, etc., cannot .acquire a maritime lien if the circumstances attending the transaction put him on inquiry as to the existence -and terms of such charier party, and he fails to make the inquiry, and chooses to act on a mere belief that the vessel will be liable for his claim.</p>