District Court, D. Maryland September 21, 1927, Nos. 1402, 1403 (The S. W. Somers)

COLEMAN, District Judge.

The question presented by these two cases, which were consolidated and heard together, is whether the vendee, in possession of a vessel under a valid conditional sales agreement, with reservation of title in the vendor, can create liens thereon for wages, supplies, and repairs, when a clause in the agreement stipulates that the vendee has no authority so to do.