Legal Opinion
Grace Line, Inc., Libelant-Appellee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 6, 1958No. 5, Docket 24416PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
In form the decree in admiralty from which the government appeals was entered pro confesso on motion of the libel-ant Grace Line, Inc., based upon exceptions and exceptive allegations addressed to the sufficiency of the answer, which asserted payment of the claim sued upon.
It is alleged in the libel that between December 31, 1954 and February 16, 1955 Grace carried six shipments of ore for the United States for which freight charges in the amount of $10,732.22 became due and payable. The validity of this freight claim is not disputed. But the United States paid only…
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