Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 7, 1970, 28325 (Adolph Ajubita and A. W. Short, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Intervenor-Appellant v. S/s Peik, Its Engines, Etc.)

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal in admiralty by three pilots who rendered their services in the vicinity of the Port of New Orle

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ans, have not been paid by the now-bankrupt charterers of the vessel, and therefore assert a lien against the vessel itself. The owner of the vessel opposes them.