Olavarria & Co. v. United States

McDIJFFIE, District Judge.

The question presented in this cause involves the interpretation or construction of the Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., and more specially, Sections 741, 742 and 743. A study of the entire Act is helpful in clarifying the intention of the lawmakers.

Those facts in this cause which are not in dispute, briefly stated, are as follows: The United States of America, through its agency, the War Shipping Administration, was operating the S. S. William C. Atwater as a Merchant vessel engaged in carrying merchandise for hire at the time of the…