UNIVERSAL SHIPPING, INC. v. PANAMANIAN FLAG BARGE

No. 75-1307.

563 F.2d 483 (1976)

UNIVERSAL SHIPPING, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. The PANAMANIAN FLAG BARGE, etc., Defendant in rem, Appellant, Caparra Stevedoring & Maritime Agencies, Inc., Intervening Plaintiff, Appellee, Industrial Fibers Corp. and The Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Intervening Plaintiffs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco G. Bruno Rovira, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago, Perez & Novas, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief for appellant.

Alex Gonzalez, Puerto Nuevo, P. R., with whom Gonzalez & Rodriguez, Puerto Nuevo, P. R., was on brief, for Caparra Stevedoring & Maritime Agencies, Inc., appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant, the Panamanian Flag Barge (the Barge) appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff-intervenor Caparra Stevedoring and Maritime Agencies, Inc. (Caparra) $46,360.65 against it in rem. Caparra had furnished the Barge stevedoring services valued at $10,596.72 and had advanced the Barge's charterer, Apollo Shipping Limited (Apollo), a total of $35,763.93 for the apparent purpose of enabling the charterer...

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