OLD POINT FISH CO. v. HAYWOOD

No. 4563.

109 F.2d 703 (1940)

OLD POINT FISH CO., Inc., v. HAYWOOD et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 7, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Morewitz, of Newport News, Va. (Morewitz & Morewitz, of Newport News, Va., and R. Arthur Jett, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Henry Bowden, of Norfolk, Va. (Bowden & Winder, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Circuit Judge, and COLEMAN and CHESNUT, District Judges.


CHESNUT, District Judge.

This case presents an unusual if not novel question of admiralty law. A fishing vessel has been libeled and sold at the instance of lien claimants for repairs and supplies. Four members of the crew, whose compensation was to be based on a percentage of the proceeds of the catch, have filed intervening libels for an estimated percentage of the profit which might have resulted from a catch which was...

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