Any person having any interest therein may claim the offending vessel and file an articulate verified answer to the plaintiff's petition, and thereafter the cause shall proceed contradictorily between the plaintiff and the claimant-respondent in the manner provided for the disposition of civil suits at law, except as otherwise herein specifically provided.
La. R.S. 34:808
Intervention of interested parties
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