THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Libelant seeks to establish and enforce a maritime lien against a dredge for work, labor and material furnished to the dredge on the order of a former owner. Claimant, the present owner, has three lines of defense: (1) that the dredge is not a vessel and therefore not subject to a maritime lien; (2) that by virtue of a Maryland statute (Code, Art. 23, secs. 34-38) libelant's lien was subordinate to a mortgage which was foreclosed, and therefore...
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