LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP CO. v. S. S. CENTERVILLE

Civ. A. No. 69-G-19.

326 F.Supp. 601 (1971)

LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The S. S. CENTERVILLE, etc., et al., Defendants.

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

April 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. L. Cook, Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Steve Rice, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

In this ship foreclosure proceeding, the question now presented is whether wages earned by alleged deserters may prime the preferred ship mortgage. The mortgagee contends that the amount should be applied to the debt. This position is opposed by the United States, which has an interest in the fund sufficient to confer standing. Humes v. Alaska Transportation Company, 180 F.2d 534

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