Rubin Iron Works, Inc. v. Johnson

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from a decree ranking liens and distributing the balance of a fund in the registry of the court derived from the sale of a vessel under a writ of venditioni exponas. The vessel was sold for $39,000. After paying costs and undisputed claims, by agreement of all parties, a fund of approximately $32,000 was left for distribution. The claims of Rubin Iron Works, Inc., appellant, Harold A. Johnson and wife, appellees, and Ruesga and Dias, cross appellants, exceed that amount. They will be discussed in the course of the opinion. The material facts appearing…