EMPRESSA NACIONAL "ELCANO" DE LA MAR. MERC. v. M/V TROPICANA

No. 6638.

252 F.Supp. 399 (1965)

EMPRESSA NACIONAL "ELCANO" DE LA MARINE MERCANTE v. The M/V TROPICANA, etc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, and Henry J. Read, New Orleans, La., for libellant.

Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for intervenors Arnessen Electric Co. Inc., Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. Inc., Farboil Co., Gulf Marine & Indust. Corp., Port Ship Service (a partnership) and San Pedro Harbor Ship Supply.

H. Barton Williams, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Standard Fruit & S.S. Co.

Nigel Rafferty, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Todd Shipyards Corp.


CHRISTENBERRY, Chief Judge.

Empressa Nacional "Elcano" De La Marina Mercante, hereafter called Elcano, filed its libel seeking foreclosure of a mortgage on the M/V Tropicana pursuant to the Ship Mortgage Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 951. On November 2, 1964, this Court entered a final decree foreclosing the mortgage as prayed for in the libel by Elcano. On November 9, 1964, the Clerk of Court issued a writ venditioni exponas ordering the sale of the vessel on the 23rd...

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