United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States

HULBERT, District Judge.

This suit in admiralty was commenced January 31, 1944.

Libelant, an Insurance Company, seeks under the Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920, C. 95, 41 Stat. 525, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., indemnity for compensation paid by it to Charles H. Walsh, an employee of its insured, and medical expenses, libelant claiming to have been subrogated to the rights of Walsh.

The respondents first challenged the jurisdiction of this court, which was denied adversely to it in an opinion by Judge Bright dated March 31, 1944, D.C., 56 F. Supp. 452, and then joined issue by the service of its…