The Red Lion

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty under the Ship Mortgage Act (chapter 25, title 46, U. S. C. [46 USCA §§ 911-984 (Comp. St. §§ 8146¼jjj-8146¼t)]) for the foreclosure of an alleged preferred mortgage on the barge Red Lion. The barge Red Lion was sold by the United States marshal of this district in the suit of Russell Dry Docks, Inc., against the boat Red Lion for the sum of $8,700 on March 17, 1927, and this sum, less the marshal’s and clerk’s fees and expenses, is now in the registry of this court.

The bond and mortgage for $25,000, which was received in evidence, was…