Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Consolidated Fisheries Co.

BYERS, District Judge.

This is a motion to vacate and set aside the service of a citation in an admiralty cause in personam.

The respondent corporation is stated in the libel to be a Delaware corporation having a place of business in this district and within the jurisdiction of the court, namely, at Hick’s Island, Promised Land, Long Island.

The service of citation was made upon one William U. Ervine, who was described in the return of the marshal as the superintendent in charge of the corporation at the last-mentioned place, and also in Brooklyn upon John A. Hayes, who is described as an agent…