In re The John G. Stevens

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This is a controversy in regard to priority, between Loud and others, as owners of the schooner Flint, and Gladwish, Moquin & Co., coal dealers, each having a lien upon the tug John G. Stevens. The tug having been sold under the order of this court, and the fund being insufficient to pay both the claims, the question arises as to which of these parties is entitled to be paid first out of the fund in court. The claim of Loud and others, owners of the schooner Flint, arises out of injuries to the schooner Flint caused by negligence on the part of the John G. Stevens…