Legal Opinion
Nyanza Steamship Co. v. Jahncke Dry Dock No. 1
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 307PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The owners of the Steamship Nyanzá filed, in the 'Federal Court for Eastern Louisiana, against Jahncke Dry-dock No. 1 and the owners thereof a single libel setting forth these four causes of action: in rem for salvage, in 'personam for salvage, in rem for damage from collision, and in personam for such damage. The owners appeared as claimants. Excepting to the libel, they prayed that “ in so far as the action is either in rem or in personam for salvage, and in rem for damage ” it be dismissed for want of admiralty jurisdiction. The court…
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