His Majesty's Government for the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

ABRUZZO, District Judge.

In November of 1940, the libellant instituted a suit in this Court by filing a libel in personam with a clause of foreign attachment. The United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York attached the steamship Fort de France to secure libellant’s alleged claim for $145,000, based upon an alleged conversion by the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. Later, the vessel was released from the custody of this Court upon the deposit by the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique of $155,-487 with the Clerk of this Court, in accor*651dance with Admiralty Rule No. 21, 28…