contract to build ship
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From 205 U.S. 354 - The Winnebago · 1907Most cited · 39 citing opinions
The admiralty jurisdiction does not extend to a contract for building a vessel, or to work done or materials furnished in its construction. ... In respect to such contracts it was competent for the states to enact such laws as their legislatures might deem just and expedient, and to provide for their enforcement in rem.