The Jack-O-Lantern

MORTON, District Judge.

The Jack-O-Lantem has been sold by the marshal and the present proceedings relate to the disposition of the fund in court By a decree previously made the Betts Lighterage & Wrecking Company has been awarded and paid a salvage claim of $2,-500. The balance of the fund is insufficient to pay all the claims presented. The various interveners have therefore been heard to object to each other’s claims. Two sorts of questions are presented: (1) Whether certain claims give rise to maritime liens; and (2) the order of priority in which the claims allowed are entitled to be…