American Mail Line, Ltd. v. United States

Whitaker, Jitdge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff sues to recover the cost of transporting 145 seamen from Hong Kong, China to San Francisco, California, and for the cost of transporting 11 seamen from Manila, Philippine Islands to San Francisco, California. These sea*20men were a part of the crew of the President Hoover when it was shipwrecked December 10 or 11, 1937, at Kashoto (Hoishoto) Island, a small island approximately 18 miles off the east, coast of Formosa. The President Hoover belonged to the Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc., Ltd., whose name was later changed to the American…