Legal Opinion
Petition of Red Star Barge Line
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 31, 1947No. 207, Docket 20511PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the district court abused discretion in vacating a previously granted restraining order and permitting the appellee to prosecute an action in the state court against the appellants and others, although the appellee had not formally admitted in the limitation proceeding the appellants’ right to limit their liability to the value of the coalboat and its pending freight.
The appellants are the owner and charterer, respectively, of the coalboat “Red Star 40.” On December 11, 1945 Arthur Force was in the employ of the charterer as…
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