The Nyanza
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by the Compagnie Franco Indochinoise against the steamship Nyanza, her engines, etc., opposed by the Moore & McCormack Company, Inc., owner, with petition by the latter inter-pleading the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The libelant seeks to dismiss exceptions filed by the claimant to the libel. The claimant by its exceptions, and the United States through a suggestion, filed in answer to a petition interpleading the United States under the rule, urges lack of jurisdiction in this court to entertain the cause of action or to issue process therein.
The steamship Nyanza, which was purchased from the United States Shipping Board through the agency of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, has been delivered to the claimant, who has paid in whole or in part therefor. Under the libel filed in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The Paquete HabanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- The John G. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The Nereide, Bennett, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1815
- The St. Jago De Cuba. Vinente, and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- McKnight v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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