United Transportation & Lighterage Co. v. New York & Baltimore Transp. Line
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from tlie District Court of tlie United Stales for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the United Transportation & lighterage Company against the New York & Baltimore Transportation Line, and cross-libel by respondent against libelant. Decrees for libelant and dismissing the cross-libel (180 Fed. 902), and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
NOYES, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The amount due the libelant under the original libel was not disputed, and the matters set up in the cross-libel do not constitute matters of defense thereto except as they may serve to diminish the amount recoverable if established as an affirmative demand in favor of the respond- . ent.
At the outset the libelant contends that the District Court had no power to entertain this affirmative demand and grant the respondent the relief prayed for in its cross-libel, because:(1) Tlie relief sought is not based upon the same cause of action as…
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