FINDLEY v. ROBERT C. HERD & CO.

No. 16779.

250 F.2d 77 (1957)

H. W. FINDLEY, Claimant, Appellant, v. ROBERT C. HERD & CO., Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Ammerman, Wigley, McLeod, Mills & Shirley, Galveston, Tex., for claimant-appellant, H. W. Findley.

Edward W. Watson, Lockhart, Watson & Peterson, Galveston, Tex., for libellants-appellees, Robert C. Herd & Co., Inc., and Miglioretti Bros., Inc.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and JONES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Libels were brought below by the libellants-appellees against the Steamship Josephine Lanasa for supplies and services furnished the ship during the months of August, 1954 to February, 1955, while the vessel was in the port of Baltimore, Maryland. Appellant filed a claim, as owner, for the release of the vessel and denied the claims of libellants to a lien.

After hearing evidence consisting of depositions, direct testimony and certain...

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