Cory Bros. & Co. v. United States

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Proceeding under the Suits in Admiralty Act (41 Stat. 525 [46 USCA §§ 741-752]). Cory Bros. & Co., Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain, filed its libel against the United States to recover the amount of disbursements incurred by it in defending a suit for cargo damage brought by a shipper against'the steamship Milwaukee Bridge, in which suit Cory Bros. & Co., as ship’s agent to attend to discharge of the cargo at Pernambuco, Brazil, had been impleaded upon the petition of the United States, claimant of the vessel. That litigation, the details…