Legal Opinion
United States v. Certain Subfreights Due the Neponset
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 18, 1925No. Nos. 2228, 2277, 2314, 2407PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
All that romains of these cases is the question of interest. This depends on the meaning of seetion 3 of the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920, c. 95, 41 Stat. 525, U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 1251*4 et seq. This aet was founded on a hill introdueed into the Senate by Senator Jones of Washington on June 26, 1919. Congressional Record, vol. 58, pt. 6, p. 5889. The provision as to interest was then contained in section 1 of the bill (Senate 2253) and read as follows:
“Such District Court is hereby authorized to hear and determine any such suit upon the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- The Lake MonroeSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Pennell v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1908
- United States v. New England S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1924
3Cited by2 opinions
- David Roger Lettsome v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Sanguinetti v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1932