Legal Opinion

Prince Line, Ltd. v. Mayer & Lage, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 30, 1920PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit in which the Prince Pine, Limited, filed a cross-libel against Mayer & Lage, Incorporated. On motion to require security, and on exceptions to interrogatories. Motion denied, and exceptions overruled.

1Opinion of the Court

LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

The points presented are respectively these: Shall the cross-re.spondent be required, on motion under the fifty-third rule (29 Sup. Ct. xiv) to give security on the cross-libel? Shall the exceptions be sustained to the interrogatories propounded in the answer to the libel ?

[1] The libelant is a domestic corporation, and filed a libel in per-sonam against the respondent, a foreign corporation, without attachment. Later the cross-libel was filed in personam, and the cross-libelant moves now for security under the fifty-third rule. Obviously, had the cross-libel been…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Marquette Mfg. Co. v. Oglesby Coal Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1918
  2. Franklin Sugar-Refining Co. v. FunchDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1895

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Washington-Southern Navigation Co. v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. The S. S. HewittDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1922
  3. American Far Eastern Syndicate, Inc. v. The Raphael SemmesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1942
  4. MacLeod & Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
  5. In re Navigazione Libera TriestinaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1929

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