Economu v. Bates

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Respondents move, pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Practice in Admiralty and Maritime Cases, to dismiss the libel in personam and to vacate the writ of foreign attachment issued against the vessel Diana B, owned by the respondent Conestoga Carriers Corp., upon the ground that the claims asserted are not maritime and so beyond the admiralty jurisdiction of the Court. 1

The first cause of action alleges that libelants entered into an agreement with the individual and corporate respondent whereby the respondents would purchase and operate the S/S Diana B; that…