SAVAS v. MARIA TRADING CORPORATION

No. 8137.

285 F.2d 336 (1960)

Frank SAVAS, Individually and trading as World Wide Engineering Company, Libellant, Appellee, v. MARIA TRADING CORPORATION, Impleaded Respondent, Appellant. Frank SAVAS, Individually and trading as World Wide Engineering Company, Libellant, Appellant, v. THE Steamship CAPT. JOHN C., her boilers, engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, in rem, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter B. S. Furr and John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for libellant Frank Savas.

Francis N. Crenshaw, Norfolk, Va. (Baird, Crenshaw & Lanning, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for impleaded respondent Maria Trading Corp.

Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for respondent S.S. The Capt. John C.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken by Frank Savas, a maritime surveyor, from a decree of the district court in admiralty which denied him a maritime lien against the SS Capt. John C for services rendered to the vessel in Bremen, Germany. Maria Trading Corporation, a Panamanian corporation, formerly owner of the ship and an impleaded respondent in the case, also appeals from an in personam decree against it.

Savas filed a libel in rem against the ship...

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