Legal Opinion
The M. Vandercook
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 30, 1885PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtNixon, J.
A number of libels have been filed against the steam-tug M. Vandercook, and the commissioner has reported the amounts found due upon the respective claims. The boat was sold, and the net proceeds are now in the registry of the court. The amount, after the payment of liens for wages, is $1,974.41, which is wholly inadequate to pay all the claims found due; and tho question to be determined is, in what order shall they be liquidated, and which, if any, are. entitled to preference ?
1. We have the petition of Davies & Russell, praying that $60 be awarded to them, out of the proceeds of the sale,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- The QuickstepSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The BrooklynDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1868
- The Grand TurkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1817
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- Pond v. The Hattie ThomasDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1894
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