The Jeannette Skinner
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. Suit -by the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, owner of the Japanese steamship Ceylon Maru, against the steamship Jeannette Skinner. On objection to jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The American steamship Jeannette Skinner, hereinafter called the Skinner, was arrested upon process issued under a libel in rem filed against her by the owner of the Japanese steamship Ceylon Maru. By it it is sought to hold her liable for damage done by her to the Japanese vessel while the latter, on a clear day last November, lay at anchor near a French port.
The United States appeared specially and objected to the jurisdiction on three grounds:
[1] 1. That the Skinner belonged to the government, and could not be arrested without the latter’s consent, and that, as she had…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Lake MonroeSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
3Cited by3 opinions
- The Ceylon MaruDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1920
- Adams v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922
- The Jeannette SkinnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1922