Ex Parte Whitney Steamboat Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
Petitioner, a corporation of the State of New York, is the owner of the steamship H. M. Whitney, her engines, etc., which vessel, on April 18, 1918, while in petitioner’s possession, was attached by the United States marshal for the Eastern District of New York in an action in rem brought by the Patent Vulcanite Roofing Company in the District Court of the United States for that district. On April 27, 1918, while the vessel was in the posséssion of the deputy marshal finder the process in that action, the United States' Shipping Board established by Act of September 7, 1916, c. 451, 39 Stat.…
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