Lloyd Adriatico Societa Di Navigazione v. Consolidation Coal Co.

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

The appellee was libelant in the District Court, and the appellant, claimant of the steamship Adamello, was respondent, and for convenience will be referred to herein as libelant and respondent, respectively. The libel was filed by the Consolidation Coal Company, a corporation of the state of Maryland, engaged in the export of coal, against the Lloyd Adriático Soeieta di Navigazione, a shipowner and operator doing business under the laws of the kingdom of Italy, in personam as owner of the ship Adamello, and in rem against the ship with foreign attachment.

On the 29th of…