Sugar Products Co. v. St. Thomas Ship Brokers' Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from District Court of St. Thomas and St. John, Virgin Islands; Thiele, Judge. _ Libel in attachment by the St. Thomas Ship Brokers’ Association against the schooner Edgewood and her cargo, in which the Sugar Products Company appeared and gave bond to release the cargo from attachment. From a judgment sustaining the attachment, and awarding execution for the amount of libelant’s claims, the Sugar Products Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in another case in admiralty-against the Schooner Edgewood, prosecuted through courts of the Virgin Islands under Danish law. The origin of the case and the main features of its procedure are given in the opinion of thi3 court in Sugar Products Co. v. A. H. Lockhart, just decided, 279 Fed. 348. There are differences in the two cases as tried below, but the main difference in the appeals is with respect to the appellate jurisdiction of this court. While the former appeal was taken from action of the court which was not final, the instant appeal was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The AriadneSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Reid v. FargoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- T. M. Duche & Sons, Ltd. v. American Schooner "John Twohy"Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Clen v. JorgensenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1920
- Sugar Products Co. v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
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