Artinano v. W. R. Grace & Co.

GRONER, District Judge.

This is an action at law for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of the illegal arrest, in admiralty proceedings, by the defendant, of the steamship Consuelo, belonging to the plaintiff. The action was begun by the filing of a notice of motion for judgment, to which the defendant demurs on the ground that no cause of action is sufficiently shown. The notice charges that on July 29, 1921, the Spanish steamship Consuelo, belonging to the plaintiff, was then lying in Hampton Roads; that on the day mentioned the defendant wrongfully,…