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 BEINECEE V, STEAMSHIP SEOBETt 665 �Beineckb V. The Stbamship Secret. �Maxwell v. TkE Steamship Secret. �(District Court, S. D. New York. July 28, 1880.) �1. Supplies — Liens. — Held, under the circumstances of these cases, that the libellants had no liens for supplies furnislied a foreiga vessel �W. R. Beebe, for libellants. �W. Myndcrse, for claimant. �Choatb, D. J. These are Buits for supplies against a for- eign vessel. She was owned by a foreign corporation, which, however, had an office and transacted business in the city of New York, and was in good credit here. At the time the supplies were furnished she was under charter to Murray, JPerris & Co., a firm of commission merchants in this city, ail resident here. By the terms of the charter Murray, Ferria & Co.'were to furnish ail her supplies. The supplies furnished by Beineclie were fresh meats, delivered in New York to Murray, Ferris & Co., at a steam-boat pier, on the under- standing that they were to be shipped by steamer to Jackaon- ville, Florida, between which port and certain foreign ports the steam-ship Secret was then running, as one of a regular line controlled by Murray, Ferris & Go. �The meats were packed in ice boxes, on the pier in New York, under the direction of libellant, and bills of lading for them, with other goods shipped, were taken by, and in the name of, Murray, Ferris & Co* The libellant charged the goods on his books to Murray, Ferris & Go. The transac- tions were generally once a week, and continued from the tenth of January, 1879, to the fourth of April, 1879. The bills up to and including the fourteenth of March were made out against Murray, Ferris & Go., and were rendered after each transaction. Those of the eighth and fourteenth of March were altered in the heading by striking out the names "Murray, Ferris & Co.," and inserting "S. S. Secret." This was done at the office of Murray, Ferris & Co., and for their convenience in keeping their accounts. The four bills ����