Hotard v. Brodr Wilhelmsen Aktieselskabet

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

On June 25, 1923, the steamship Wayland, owned by defendant in error, ran into and damaged a dike which plaintiff in error was constructing in the Mississippi river near Pilot Town. On June 27, 1923, a libel in rem was filed against the ship in the Southern district of Alabama and she was seized under admiralty process. On February 26, 1925, that suit was dismissed for want of jurisdiction in admiralty. On October 2, 1925, the instant suit was filed in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, Louisiana, and was removed to the United States District Court for…