Alsberg v. United States

MACK, Circuit Judge.

1. In the light of the decision of the Supreme Court in U. S. v. Pfitsch, 256 U. S. 547, 41 Sup. Ct. 569, 65 L. Ed. 1084, it would seem that the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920 (41 Stat. 525), gave exclusive jurisdiction to the District Courts of the United States of proceedings against the United States as owner of a merchant vessel directly or through a corporation in which it owned the entire stock, in those circumstances in which, if such vessel were privately owned, an admiralty proceeding could be maintained.

2. The question in these cases is whether, under…