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INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION v. MARYLAND DRYDOCK CO.

No. 5969.

179 F.2d 284 (1950)

INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION v. MARYLAND DRYDOCK CO. et al. The SAN FRANCISCO.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Shea, Washington, D. C. (Warner W. Gardner, Washington, D. C., Arthur W. Murphy, Washington, D. C., and Oliver E. Stone, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

David R. Owen and Edwin F. A. Morgan, Baltimore, Md. (Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee The Maryland Drydock Company.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a suit in admiralty instituted by the Maryland Drydock Company (hereafter called Maryland) against the Panamanian Steamship "San Francisco" to enforce a lien for labor and repairs furnished in converting the vessel from a cargo carrier to a passenger vessel for the transportation of emigrants. The District Court sustained the lien for the sum of $798,346 and ordered the vessel sold. It was purchased at the sale by the lien...

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