Legal Opinion

Ocean Machinery Corp. v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 28, 1959Published

1Opinion of the Court

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover the sum of $10,000 as the value of a rotary pump sold by libelant to the TMT Carib Queen, formerly the TMT Trailer Ferry.

The respondent United States is alleged to have become the owner of the vessel by bidding her in upon a sale in foreclosure of a preferred ship mortgage of which it was the holder. The sale was conducted by the United States Marshal in Jacksonville, Florida, pursuant to a writ of venditioni exponas issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in the course of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp. v. Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
Suspine v. Compania Transatlantica Centroamericana, S. A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
Farnham v. The SeminoleDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1890
First Suffolk National Bank v. the Air BrantDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1954
Scrofani v. Miami Rare Bird Farm, Inc. The AdmiralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953

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