AMERICAN B. & T. CO. v. AMERICAN OIL SCREW VESSEL, SALVOR

Nos. 370, 371.

206 F.Supp. 444 (1962)

The AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. The AMERICAN OIL SCREW VESSEL, SALVOR, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, etc., Consolidated With E. L. HAGAN, Edgar Hodges, and LeRoy Hammett, Libellants, v. O/S SALVOR, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Motor, Furniture, etc., Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Brownsville Division.

July 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blades, Crain, Slator & Winters, Houston, Tex., for The American Bank & Trust Co.

L. G. Mathews and Joe W. Walsh, Brownsville, Tex., for intervenors Thomas M. Achard and Marsh McMahan.

Cox & Wilson, Brownsville, Tex., for Vapor Honing Marine Service, Inc.

Ben S. Hardy, Brownsville, Tex., for E. L. Hagan, LeRoy Hammett and Edgar Hodges.


GARZA, District Judge.

The only question before the Court at the present time is whether the intervening libel of Thomas M. Achard, in which he claims a maritime lien for wages, should be upheld.

It has been conceded and stipulated that the O/S SALVOR is a United States vessel duly registered at its home port of Houston, Texas; that the certificate of registry which was introduced in evidence shows that Achard was the master of the O/S SALVOR.

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