ARES v. S/S COLON

Nos. 2830, 2832, 2836-2838, 2840, 2845.

269 F.Supp. 763 (1967)

Armando Ruiz ARES, Master for himself and on behalf of the officers and crew of the S/S COLON et al., Plaintiffs, v. S/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. William THOMSON and Alfred Vasquez, Plaintiffs, v. S/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. PANAWACO INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. M/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. GENERAL STANDARD AND MARINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. M/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. SHELL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Ltd., Plaintiff, v. M/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. S/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant. HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. M/S COLON, her engines, tackles, etc., Defendant.

District Court, Canal Zone, Cristobal Division.

July 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. J. Berger, Cristobal, Canal Zone, for Armando Ruiz Ares.

De Castro & Robles, Balboa, Canal Zone, for William Thomson and Alfred Vasquez.

Roy Phillipps, Balboa, Canal Zone, for Panawaco Inc. & Hansen & Tidemann, Inc.

Guillermo Jurado, Panama, Republic of Panama, for General Standard and Marine Corp.

Henry L. Newell, L. S. Carrington, Balboa, Canal Zone, for Shell International Petroleum Corporation.

Samuel Theodore Frankel, Cristobal, Canal Zone, for Todd Shipyards Corporation.


OPINION

CROWE, District Judge.

The above styled cases were consolidated for the purpose of determining the priority of liens and the resolution of other pending subjects and upon being heard for the purpose of the distribution of the proceeds of the sale, it is held by this court that it would seem to be the proper practice, in such a case, for the court to determine not only the amount of each claim, but the validity of each lien as well as the priorities...

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