Samuel Leiser v. United States of America, Libelant

HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree entered January 31, 1956, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts allowing appellee’s motion for summary judgment in a libel proceeding instituted by the appellee against 532.33 carats, more or less, of cut and polished diamonds.

The appellant, Samuel Leiser, with the diamonds in his possession, was traveling by air from Frankfort, Germany to Gander, Newfoundland by way of Paris. His ultimate destination was Bermuda. His tickets called for no stop in the United States, but owing to adverse weather conditions…