Muoio v. Italian Line

KRAFT, District Judge.

■ Respondent has moved to dismiss the libel herein on the ground that this Court should refuse to accept jurisdiction of the subject-matter.

Libellants seek to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the wife-libellant in the Port of Naples, Italy, while she was a passenger aboard the Cristoforo Colombo, a vessel owned and operated by the respondent.

The facts material to the present motion appear to be undisputed. The libellants, though citizens of Italy, are permanent residents of the United States, who have filed declarations of intention to become…