Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance v. United States

COXE, District Judge.

These exceptions challenge the sufficiency of the libels in two suits for cargo loss brought under the 1932 Amendment to the Suits in Admiralty Act (USCA title 46, § 745), on the ground that the prior actions were commenced more than six years after the respective claims first accrued. USCA title 28, § 262. The libels are substantially identical except that, in one the United States is the respondent, and in the other the Shipping Board Corporation. The suits have been consolidated; and there is a stipulation of facts amplifying the allegations of the pleadings.

The libels…