Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc. v. United States

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Eastern Steamship Lines, 'Inc., appeals from a ¡final order of the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing a libel in admiralty for lack of jurisdiction. 91 F.Supp. 214.

Libelant sought to recover damages in the sum of $5,000,000 as the estimated expenditures which would be necessary to recondition its vessel, the S.S. Acadia, for service as a cargo and passenger ship after her use by the Army for troop transport and hospital service under a requisition bareboat charter. Jurisdiction in the court below was asserted under the Suits in Admiralty…