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Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 13, 1941No. 238PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree in admiralty holding a mortgage covering three steamships, made on December 24, 1929, to secure an indebtedness to the Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company, which was due on April 1, 1930, superior in priority to the maritime lien of Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company for repairs to one of the vessels, the Bear Mountain. The repairs were made eight years after the expiration of the date of maturity of the mortgage, which was endorsed on the vessel’s documents. The mortgage was recorded in the New York Custom House and thereafter…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Detroit Trust Co. v. the Thomas BarlumSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Penhallow v. Doane's AdministratorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1795

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hume v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
  2. In Re Pasquale Alberto, Debtor. Appeal of Maryland National BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
  3. Port Welcome Cruises, Inc. v. S. S. Bay BelleDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963
  4. Gulf Coast Marine Ways, Inc. v. J. R. HardeeDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1952
  5. Merchants National Bank of Mobile v. The Vessels Ward Rig No. 7Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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