Compagnie Francaise De Navigation a Vapeur v. Bonnasse

(dissenting) . I find myself unable to concur.

Assuming that the agreement made by Bonnasse, dated February 11, 1918, was. a maritime obligation, that is not controlling.

The obligation of La Banque Privée, as alleged in the libel, arises under the agreement with Bonnasse of September, 1921, which provided that La Banque Privée purchased all the assets and assumed all the liabilities of the banking business of La Banque Bonnasse.

The liabilities of a banking business obviously were in small part maritime, and it must be assumed that by the use of the words “all liabilities” the parties to that…