CRABTREE v. THE SS JULIA

No. 18767.

290 F.2d 478 (1961)

George F. CRABTREE, Appellant, v. THE SS JULIA, etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the right of a maritime lienor to intervene by a libel in rem against the proceeds in the registry of the admiralty court after a sale of the vessel. The trial court declined to permit intervention. We disagree.

The facts are very simple. The SS Julia was first arrested under a writ of seizure on January 9, 1960. Thereafter there followed a succession of intervening libels by various creditors. These...

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