The Carlo Poma
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT.. This was certiorari to review a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a decree oh the District Court, in admiralty, which dismissed a libel in rem. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This case is much like that of The Pesaro, ante, 216. The only difference requiring notice is that the appeal in that case was to this court while in this it was to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which rendered a decree of affirmance. 259 Fed. Rep. 369. A writ of certiorari brings that decree here for review. 250 U. S. 656.
The question raised and decided in the District Court was whether, sitting as a court of admiralty, it could entertain a suit in rem against a ship such as the Carlo Poma was represented to be in the suggestion of the Italian Ambassador. That was a jurisdictional question in…
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