SWIFTSHIPS FREEPORT, INC. v. M.V. CAYMAN ENDEAVOR

Civ. A. No. H-86-2324.

692 F.Supp. 722 (1988)

SWIFTSHIPS FREEPORT, INC., Plaintiff, v. M.V. "CAYMAN ENDEAVOR", in rem, et al., Defendants.

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

July 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Glen Kratochvil, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Ralph Smith, New Orleans, La., Frank Billings, Houston, Tex., for intervenor Bank.


MEMORANDUM ON COSTS

HUGHES, District Judge.

This is an admiralty dispute over the allocation of court costs between the holder of a maritime repair lien and the holder of a preferred ship mortgage. The intervening mortgagee will be taxed only the costs attributable to its activity.

Background.

Swiftships Freeport, Inc., repaired the M.V. Cayman Endeavor in the spring of 1986. The shipyard claimed a value for the repairs of...

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