Citations
- 1 F. Supp. 761
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NETERER, District Judge.
The Sterling Fish company owned and operated the oil screw Sterling and the scow Sterling No. I. The scow Sterling No. I was anchored in Neah Bay, and was equipped with a cookhouse, etc., and her crew was engaged in icing fresh fish upon the scow. The fresh fish were obtained from fishermen pursuing such avocation on the fishing grounds tributary to the scow’s anehorage. The oil screw Sterling had a cook and galley of its own. It supplied the scow with ice and took from the scow the iced fish to the market or warehouse at a place other than Neah Bay.
Anna Haugen was employed as cook on the scow Sterling No. I. Anderson was a member of the crew upon the scow. Haugen cooked and served meals for the crew of the scow, and also served meals on the scow for the crew of the oil screw Sterling while it was unloading ice and loading fish.
It is agreed that the Sterling Fish Company is indebted to Anna Haugen for wages in the sum of $82.83. Anderson assisted in unloading ice from the oil screw Sterling and in loading onto the oil serew Sterling the iced fish, and there is due to him the sum of $75 for such work. He worked about half of his time in this service. Bach claims a lien upon the oil serew Sterling for the unpaid wage.
In The Pacific Hemlock, 53 F.(2d) 492, at page 494, this court said: “A maritime lieu can be effected only by some visible contact with, or occurrence relating to, the service of the ship, and must be a manifest and open, ocular, physical endeavor of maritime service which may serve as notice to the world of an existing claim.”
Haugen rendered no service upon the oil serew Sterling. There is no open or obvious challenge to the world of any right or claim to this ship. The fact that the oil serew Sterling and the scow Sterling No. I were owned by the same concern and operating in different avenues, the a