Hudson Trading Co. v. United States

In my judgment the libel below should be dismissed, on the ground that the decree against,, and the sale of, the barge Aberfoil, made in the libel of Menge v. The Aberfoil, in the Eastern District of Louisiana, bound and concluded the present libelant. On the face of the papers the lienor in that court had a justiciable claim against the Aberfoil for goods furnished. As said in Re Transportes Marítimos do Estado, 264 U. S. 108, 44 S. Ct. 237, 68 L. Ed. 580: “Plainly the trial court obtained jurisdiction over the res, and in the absence of any claim of immunity it would have been required to…