Compania Transatlantica v. United States

KENNERLY, District Judge.

Statement of the Case.

This is a proceeding in Admiralty and a Libel filed March 11, 1943, by the Compania Trasatlántica, Administrada Por El Estado, administered by the Spanish State (for brevity called Libellant), against the Steamer or Steamship “Manuel Arnus” and the Todd Galveston Dry Docks, Inc., of Galveston, in this District and Division (for brevity called Respondents), in which Libellant seeks to recover possession of such Steamship from Respondents. The Government of the United States of America, appearing specially, has filed her petition, claming title to…