Section 104. Action on undertaking  


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  • The undertaking may be prosecuted by
      action in any court having jurisdiction  thereof,  at  any  time  within
      three  months  after its delivery, but not afterward. If, in such action
      it is found that any sum is due the plaintiff  which  was  a  subsisting
      lien  upon  the  vessel  at  the  time the notice of lien was filed, the
      plaintiff shall have judgment for the recovery  of  the  same  with  the
      costs  and  disbursements of the action and the costs of the proceedings
      for the seizing of the vessel and shall have execution therefor.  If  it
      is  found  in  such  action that no such lien existed, judgment shall be
      rendered against the plaintiff for the costs and  disbursements  of  the
      action  and  the costs of the proceedings, including the amount paid the
      sheriff in the discharge of the vessel from the warrant.