Legal Opinion
Zimmern Coal Co. v. Coal Trading Ass'n of Rotterdam
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1929No. 5434PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant filed a libel to enforce its maritime lien for bunker coal supplied to the German steamship Totila, formerly Harald, at the port of New Orleans. During the period intervening the furnishing of the coal and the filing of the libel, the ship was seized at Rotterdam, and there sold free of liens under judicial proceedings brought in a court of Holland to enforce the lien of a mortgage. The proceeds of sale were required to be and were deposited in the registry of the court for distribution to those entitled according to the priority of their liens' against the…
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