Eastern Transp. Co. v. United States

GRONER, District Judge.

This suit was begun July 26, 1921. It was first brought to my attention on September 30, 1922, on a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. This motion I denied. 283 F. 1015. On January 30, 1925, by agreement of counsel, the question was reopened, and, on the admission that the wreck was a total loss and that no suit in rem would lie, and on the strength of Blamberg Bros. v. United States, 260 U. S. 452, 43 S. Ct. 179, 67 L. Ed. 346, and James Shewan & Sons, Inc., v. United States, 266 U. S. 108, 45 S. Ct. 45, 69 L. Ed. 192, I reached the conclusion the court was…