Legal Opinion

The Hammitt L. Robbins

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided April 1, 1931Published

1Opinion of the Court

WAY, District Judge.

In this cause the United States of America filed its libel of information against the gas screw Hammitt L. Robbins seeking her condemnation and forfeiture and praying that all persons claiming any interest in the vessel be cited to appear and show cause why forfeiture should not be decreed as prayed.

The grounds upon which forfeiture is sought are briefly as follows: (1) That the Hammitt L. Robbins, having arrived from a foreign port or place and after its arrival within four leagues of the coast, permitted its cargo or a part thereof to be discharged before coming to a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. StowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Locke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  4. Dobbins's Distillery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  5. Van Oster v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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