W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp. v. Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc.

CHASE, Circuit Judge..The appeal is from an order dismissing the complaint before answer in a suit in equity to set aside a decree foreclosing a preferred ship mortgage. The district court had jurisdiction of the foreclosure action by virtue of The Ship Mortgage Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. § 951, and its decree has been the subject of attack by the appellant since shortly after its entry. This struggle for relief from the effect of that decree has resulted in two former appeals to this court in which opinions have been written that set forth the facts in such detail that no need exists for…