Legal Opinion
Jeffrey v. Henderson Bros., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1951No. 6309_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The controversy in this case relates to the priority of certain claims against a vessel known as Tipple Boat No. 2 belonging to Rivercoal, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation. On the one hand it is claimed by Walter Jeffrey, the appellant, that a mortgage on the vessel given to him by the corporation on June 26, 1947 to secure the payment of a demand promissory note in the sum of $21,230., and recorded at the Office of the Collector of Customs at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gives him a prior claim on the vessel; and on the other hand it is contended that the mortgage claim is…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Co. v. Seaboard Fisheries Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sheppard and Others v. Taylor and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Summerlin v. Massman Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated, United States of America v. Bethlehem Steel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Rudolph E. Hill v. B.F. Diamond, Trading as Diamond Construction Company, John Gence Hodges v. B. F. Diamond, Trading as Diamond Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Lawrence Bernardo v. Bethlehem Steel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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