FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK OF BATON ROUGE v. M/T RICHLUBE

Civ. Nos. 6739, 6763.

302 F.Supp. 98 (1969)

FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK of BATON ROUGE, a Banking Institution, Plaintiff, v. M/T RICHLUBE, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., and Asociados Tecnicos, S. A., a corporation, Defendants. GEORGE ENGINE COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff, v. M/T RICHLUBE, her engines, boilers, tackle and furniture, etc., Defendant.

District Court, Canal Zone, Division Balboa.

August 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Phillipps, Balboa, Canal Zone, for Fidelity Nat. Bank of Baton Rouge.

Henry L. Newell, Balboa, Canal Zone, for M/T Richlube, etc., and another.

De Castro & Robles, Balboa, Canal Zone, for George Engine Co., Inc.


OPINION

CROWE, District Judge.

The above styled cases were consolidated for the purpose of determining the priority of liens and distribution of the proceeds of the sale.

The plaintiff in Civil No. 6763, claims a priority over plaintiff in Civil No. 6739, on the theory that it is a credit of an American supplier, within the purport of 46 U.S.C. § 951, as amended. Plaintiff in Civil No. 6739, claims priority under the same provision, on the theory...

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