Carlson v. The Live Oak

Blodgett, J.,

(orally.') The libel in this case is for wages earned by libelants during the season of 1885 and 1886. The schooner has been sold, and her proceeds brought into court; and Mrs. Esther Robinson and Robert Liston have intervened as mortgagees, claiming to be paid out of the proceeds in court in preference to the wages earned in 1885, —Mrs. Robinson’s mortgage having been given in April, 1882, and due one year after date, and Liston’s mortgage having been given in April, 1885, and both mortgages duly enrolled in the office of the collector of customs in the home port of the vessel.…