Legal Opinion

The Interstate No. 2

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided January 26, 1922PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Admiralty. Suit by the Tietjen & Rang Dry Dock Company against the tug Interstate No. 2, with other libels by the North River Coal & Wharf Company, by Philip Heipershausen and another, by James Shewan & Sons, Inc., by the M. K. Bowman-Edson Company, by the John W. Sullivan Company, and by the Williams & Wells Company against the same tug. On motion by the Tietjen & Rang Dry Dock Company for priority of lien.

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, District Judge.

Maritime liens aggregating over $62,000 were filed and proved by the above-named libelants against the tug Interstate No. 2. The sale of the vessel in admiralty realized the sum of $25,000. The libels, according to the proofs before the commissioner, embrace in each instance separate and distinct claims for repairs, supplies, etc., which were united by each suitor in one libel. The time of accrual of each claim, amount thereof, and nature of claim, as appears from the testimony before the commissioner in each case, are as follows:

Tietjen & Rang Dry Dock Company, repairs,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bourdon v. The Proceeds of the GratitudeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1890
  2. The Samuel LittleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
  3. Starin v. The John DillonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1891
  4. The John J. FreitusDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1918
  5. The UlricaDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1915

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. The Interstate No. 1Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923

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