Elder Dempster Shipping Co. v. Pouppirt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. For opinion below, see 122 Fed. 983.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
This case comes up on appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. Frank A. Pouppirt filed his libel in personam in the court below against the Elder Dempster Shipping Company, Dimited, of African House, a corporation created under the laws of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 21st February, 1902. The defendant, being a foreign corporation, could not be found nor served with process within the district. An attachment was issued out of the said court on the same day, under which the British steamship…
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