The John G. Stevens, 170 U.S. 113 (1898) (No. 25)
1898
Case name: The John G. Stevens Opinion filed: 1898-04-18 Docket No.: 25 Citations: • 170 U.S. 113 • 18 S. Ct. 544 • 42 L. Ed. 969 • 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1532 Case holding summaries: • "seamen's wages ... are sacred liens, and, as long as a plank of the ship remains, the sailor is entitled, against all other persons, to the proceeds as a security for his wages" • "Claims for necessaries [in England] do not possess, ab origine, a lien, but carry only a statutory remedy against the res, which is essentially different." (quoting The Gustaf, (1862) Lush 506, 508)
