WALTER E. HELLER AND CO. v. O/S SONNY V.

No. 77-1217.

595 F.2d 968 (1979)

WALTER E. HELLER AND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. O/S SONNY V., her engines, nets, tackle, apparel and furniture, In Rem, Defendant, Vance Trawlers, Inc. and J. B. Vance, In Personam, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Benton, Jack D. Sanchez, Brownsville, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Bennie E. Ray, Brownsville, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Vance Trawlers, Inc., and J. B. Vance, defendants, appeal from judgments entered against them in an action on a promissory note and a preferred ship's mortgage on the O/S SONNY V. The plaintiff-appellee, Walter E. Heller and Company ("Heller"), foreclosed on the mortgage and purchased the SONNY V at an interlocutory judicial sale. The district court entered a summary judgment against J. B. Vance and a partial summary judgment against Vance Trawlers...

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