Benson v. Crowell

ERVIN, District Judge.

After much deliberation I have concluded to amplify the opinion formerly rendered in this ease, 33 F.(2d) 137. I then contented myself with citing the two cases hereafter cited and now feel they should have been commented on.-

In London, etc., Co. v. Industrial Commission of California, 2791 U. S. 109; 49 S. Ct. 296, 300, 73 L. Ed. 632, the court speaking of the jurisdiction of the admiralty court says: “Its jurisdiction is not limited to transr *307portation of goods and passengers from one state to another, or from the United States to a foreign country, but depends upon…