Legal Opinion

The Mavisbrook

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided March 1, 1921PublishedCited by 4 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit by P. E. Richards, as liquidator of the Steamship Tregenna Company, Limited, owner of the steamship Mavisbrook,. against the steamship Carolinian. On exceptions to libel.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSE, District Judge.

This is a collision case. The government has excepted to the libel on the ground that, at the time the collision took place, the Carolinian was under requisition by the government of the United States, upon the bare-boat charter basis, and was actually being then used as an army transport, being manned by an army crew, furnished by the War Department.

Subsequent to the collision, and before the arrest, the requisition and charter were terminated, and she was returned to her owner, in whose possession she was when arrested. The government says *1012that the only way in which a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Workman v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. The SirenSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  3. The Lake MonroeSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. The FidelityU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
  5. The Florence H.District Court, S.D. New York · 1918

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. The Western MaidSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Ex parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. United States v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Ex parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922

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