Société de Travaux & Industries Maritimes v. Ruby S. S. Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the Société de Travaux & Industries Mari-times against the steamship Hurona; the Ruby Steamship Corporation, Limited, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
In this case advances were made at Marseilles, France, by the libelant to the master of the steamship Hurona, amounting to 119,007.65 francs, between June 3 and July 12, 1919. Thereafter this proceeding was instituted in rem in this court, after presentation of a bill for the advances to the agent of the steamship in New York and failure to pay them.
The rate of exchange of French francs on July 12, 1919, was 6.85 francs to the dollar; on September 5, 1919, when the bill was first presented in New York, was 8.60 francs to the dollar; and on January 29, when the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The VerdiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1920
- Hawes v. WoolcockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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