National Bulk Carriers, Inc. v. United States

LEAHY, District Judge.

These suits are for recovery of loss of the ships the “Mulligan” and “Bloom.”1 The libels and exceptions are identical in form. The case of the “Mulligan” (No. 1567) only will be discussed, but the dis*767cussion will apply mutatis mutandis to the “Bloom” (No. 1568).

The United States of America, acting through the War Shipping Administration, requisitioned the “Mulligan” and gave libellant the standard form of receipt.2 As stated in the receipt, the Administrator requisitioned the vessel pursuant to the authority granted in Sec. 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as…