The Pesaro
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT . COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a direct appeal to, review a decree of the District Court dismissing a libel in r.em for want of jurisdiction over the ship; The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The Pesaro an, Italian steamship which carried a shipment of .olive oil from Genoa to New York, was sued in rem in admiralty in the District Court to enforce a claim for damage to that part of her cargo, the libel alleging that she was a “general ship engaged in the common carriage of merchandise by water, for hire.” The usual process issued and the ship was arrested. Afterwards, upon a direct suggestion by the Italian Ambassador that the ship was owned by the Italian Government and at the time of the arrest was in its possession, and.therefore was not subject to the court’s process, the…
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