THE DIRIGO FIRST

No. 1100.

60 F.Supp. 675 (1945)

THE DIRIGO FIRST.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 29, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Rosenberg and Fisher Abramson, both of New Bedford, Mass., for libelant.

Bartlett E. Cushing, of Wareham, Mass., for intervening petitioner Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc.

George P. Ponte, of New Bedford, Mass., for Stanley Oil Co., Inc.

Thomas H. Walsh, of Boston, Mass., for Harbor Supply Oil Co., Inc.

J. B. Weitzman, of New Bedford, Mass., for Seaview Fish Co., Inc., and others.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

The single issue is whether the Act of June 5, 1920, c. 250, Sec. 30, subsec. P, 41 Stat. 1005, 46 U.S.C.A. § 971, gives a maritime lien to persons who supply gas, oil, coal, other fuel, funds for taxes on fuel, batteries and engine wiping rags to a vessel fishing on the lay system.

The applicable statute provides that "Any person furnishing repairs, supplies, towage, use of dry dock or marine railway, or other necessaries, to...

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