Legal Opinion
Falgout Brothers, Inc. v. S/V PANGAEA
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided May 6, 1997No. Civil Action 96-0805-RV-CPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VOLLMER, District Judge.
Presently before the court is plaintiffs complaint for a salvor’s award (Doc. 1) and motion for entry of default judgment (Doc. 13). The crew of one of plaintiffs tug boats, while towing a barge from Puerto Rico to the port of Mobile, discovered a derelict sailboat in the open waters between Florida and Cuba. The sailboat, S/V Pangaea, was brought to the port of Mobile. To collect on its maritime lien arising out of this salvage of S/V Pangaea, plaintiff instituted the present action and had this court place the vessel under in rem arrest. On August 27, 1996, the…
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