J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO. v. THE OFF-SHORE MENHADEN CO.

No. 17200.

262 F.2d 523 (1959)

J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Inc., Appellant, v. THE OFF-SHORE MENHADEN COMPANY, In Bankruptcy, Ancillary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Marshall, R. B. Howell, Jr., New Orleans, La. (Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, La., of counsel), for appellant.

Roy T. Rhodes, Tallahassee, Fla., Viola J. Hilbert, Gulfport, Miss., for appellee.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In the bankruptcy proceeding of appellant, The Off-Shore Menhaden Company, J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., unsuccessfully sought a maritime lien against two vessels of the Bankrupt for the cost of dredging out a special slip on Rattlesnake Bayou, Louisiana, for use as a permanent berth. We affirm.

What we know, and all that we know, comes from a stipulation of the parties. It may be briefly summarized. In 1955 the Bankrupt commenced...

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