Legal Opinion
United States v. Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 31, 1948No. 4366PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from a final decree entered in a libel brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920, 41 Stat. 525, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 741-752, awarding the libellant, Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., $1,100,000 as “just compensation” as of October 30, 1944, for the Steamship George Washington with interest on the amount awarded at 4 percent calculated from the date the libel was brought.
The steamship in question was a combined cargo and passenger vessel 375 feet and 5 inches in length, 54 feet and 2 inches in breadth and 29 feet and 9…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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