Burtis v. The Glen Iris
District Court, E.D. New York
On July 29, 1896, Divine Burtis, Jr., filed a libel against the steam tug Glen Iris for repairs, from April 18, 1895, to June 2, 1898, under which the tug was attached, and afterwards, on August 26,1896, sold for $1,050. On July 31st, tlie Moqum-Offerman-Heisseabuttel Coal - Company filed a libel against the tug ior coal furnished on monthly bills between June 1, 1895, and July 31, 1896, claiming a lien on the tug as a domestic vessel under the New Toxic statute of April 24,…
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On July 29, 1896, Divine Burtis, Jr., filed a libel against the steam tug Glen Iris for repairs, from April 18, 1895, to June 2, 1898, under which the tug was attached, and afterwards, on August 26,1896, sold for $1,050. On July 31st, tlie Moqum-Offerman-Heisseabuttel Coal - Company filed a libel against the tug ior coal furnished on monthly bills between June 1, 1895, and July 31, 1896, claiming a lien on the tug as a domestic vessel under the New Toxic statute of April 24, 1862, and its amendments. On August 3d, Robert Keasbj’ filed a libel against the tug for supplies and repairs furnished…
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT,. District Judge.
In these cases several questions have arisen in regard to the distribution of the proceeds of the tug Glen Iris, a domestic vessel, which was sold under a- decree of this court. Claims for wages, as to which none of these questions can arise, have been already paid, and the fund is not enough to pay all the other claims. It will be sufficient for the case, as I understand it, for me to say that the clerk, in distributing the proceeds, after payment of the fees of the officers of the court, should pay, first, the liens which existed upon the vessel under the state…
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