Legal Opinion
Eastern Transportation Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 3, 1927No. 57PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The Eastern Transportation Company filed a libel in admiralty in personam against, the United States in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920, and against the Seaboard-Transportation Company, as joint defendants. It averred that the libelant, a corporation of the State of Maryland, was the owner of the barge Winstead and the bailee of the cargo of the barge; that the Seaboard Transportation Company owned the tug Covington and the barge Pottsville; that on August 15, 1920, the steamship Snug Harbor, owned and used by the United States…
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