United States v. S.S. Orizaba

CROAKE, District Judge.

This is a motion by the respondent, Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., to vacate the service of the citation on the ground that it is not doing business in this district so as to subject it to the jurisdiction of this court.

This action has been brought in admiralty by the government and one of its corporations against a certain vessel, the operator of the vessel, and the steve-doring company, to recover damages to a cargo of flour belonging to the libellants. The amended libel is against the vessel in rem, and against the carrier, T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., and the…