New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co. v. United States

BYERS, District Judge.

Motion to dismiss petition and complaint for declaratory judgment (filed in this court on December 19, 1939) for the asserted reason that the court is without jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action, as appears from the plaintiffs’ pleading. The latter alleges:

That The New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company is a corporation of this state and a common carrier between the port of New York and ports in Puerto Rico and elsewhere, and until early in September, 1939, it operated a common carrier service from New Orleans to Puerto Rico; that the other plaintiff,…