The Oconee
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit by William H. Muller & Co., Limited, against the Steamship Oconee. On exceptions to petition of the United States, as holder of a preferred mortgage.
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, District Judge.
Libelant, on May 3, 1921, filed its libel in this court against the steamship. Oconee for necessaries furnished the ship at Bremen, Germany, in February, 1921. The vessel was attached by the marshal, and, by decree subsequently entered, sold at public auction for $25,500. Numerous petitions have been filed in the cause, among them the petition of the United States, claiming, as the holder of a preferred mortgage, priority of payment out of the fund in the registry of the court. The debt thus claimed to be secured is largely in excess of the amount of the fund, and, if…
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