¶1Maritime Liens (§ 9*) — Services of Stevedore.
¶2A stevedore, who unloaded a vessel at the instance of the master and on the credit of the vessel, held entitléd to a maritime lien therefor.
¶3[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Maritime Liens, Cent. Dig. § 13; Dec. Dig. § 9.*]
¶4Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas; Waller T. Burns, Judge.
¶5Suit in admiralty by J. E. Pearce against Edgar F. Duckenbach, owneq of the steamship D. N. Duckenbach and others. Decree for libelant, and respondents appeal.
¶6Affirmed.
¶7*393Jas. B. Stubbs, of Galveston, Tex., and Peter S. Carter, of New York City, for appellants.
¶8John C. Walker-and Marsene Johnson, both of Galveston, Tex., for appellee.
¶9Before PARDEE and SHEEBY, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.
¶12We are satisfied from the evidence in this case that Pearce, the stevedore, unloaded the D. N. Luckenbach at the instance of the master on the credit of the vessel, and that for such services the owners of the D. N. Luckenbach are liable. See Dennett v. The Main, 51 Fed. 954, 2 C. C. A. 569; The Norwegian Steamship Co. v. Washington, 57 Fed. 224, 6 C. C. A. 313, and the case of Luckenbach v. Pearce (No. 2563 of the docket of this court) 212 Fed. 388, just decided.
¶13The decree appealed from is affirmed.