Legal Opinion
Coastwise Transp. Corp. v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 8, 1930No. 73PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
In this suit, brought under the Public Vessels Liability Act (U. S. Code Annotated, title 46, chapter 22, § 781; Act of March 3, 1925, § 1) the Coastwise Transportation Corporation, owner of the steamship Transportation, seeks to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the grounding of that steamship in Portsmouth Harbor, N: H.,-on September 11, 1925, while in tow of the United States Navy tug Penacook. The statute under which this suit is brought (section 781, 46 USCA [Act March 3,1925, § 1]) provides:
“A libel in personam in admiralty may be brought against the…
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