American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. v. Bowring & Co.

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This is an action of interpleader brought under the Federal Interpleader Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335, 1397 and 2361

Plaintiff, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, was the owner of two vessels, the “Panaman” and the “Alaskan,” which it sold to the Matson Navigation Company, not a party here. The defendants are ship brokers concerned in the transaction who are grouped into two pairs, one being Bowring & Company and Smith & Johnson as co-brokers, and the other being General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. and Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corporation as co-brokers.

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