THE "SIERRA NEVADA."

(1932) 42 Ll.L.Rep. 309

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Fleming.

Ship - Sale under order of Court - Claims against fund by (1) mortgagees; (2) Clyde Navigation Trustees - Priorities - Vessel in trustees' dock - Liability for dues - Statutory right of retention by trustees - Vessel delivered to purchasers "freed and disburdened of all bonds, mortgages, liens, rights of retention and other incumbrances affecting the same" - No attempt by trustees to detain vessel - Effect upon trustees' possessory lien - Whether lien extinguished or converted into preference upon fund