Katz v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a motion made by the plaintiff to remand to the Municipal Court of the City of New York the above-entitled .action.

The action was brought to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, a visitor to- a ship and lawfully traversing a passageway on pier 4, Hoboken, caused by the defendants placing and permitting an obstruction thereon.

The United States Lines is not a corporate entity but only a trade-name. The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation is a corporation, created under a law of the United States for the…