Legal Opinion
Aktieselskabet Dampskib Gansfjord v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1929No. 5340PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The steamship Gansfjord was libeled for the alleged amount of damages caused to the inner East jetty of East South Pass, Mississippi river, by her running into and colliding with that jetty. The libel was excepted to on the ground that it stated no cause or right of action cognizable in a court of admiralty, and that the court was without jurisdiction to entertain the libel. That exception was overruled.
The libel' on its face showed that it was filed under sections 14 and 16 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1152, 1153; 33 U. S. C. §§ 408, 411, and…
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