Legal Opinion
Atlantic Steamer Supply Company v. the Tradewind
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 7, 1956No. 3799PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.
This case came before the court on a hearing on exceptions to the answer of the trustee in bankruptcy to the original libel and eight intervening libels. Such exceptions in admiralty are in the nature of the old common law demurrer and for the purposes of the hearing all properly pleaded allegations of fact were taken as true.
On November 9, 1955, the Caribbean Atlantic Steamship Company filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was adjudicated a bankrupt. A receiver was appointed the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Dampskibsselskabet Dannebrog v. Signal Oil & Gas Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- The South CoastSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Morse Drydock & Repair Co. v. Steamship Northern StarSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State of Israel, a Sovereign Nation v. The Motor Vessel Nili, Etc., and Singer & Friedlander, Inc., and Ted Curry Shipping, Ltd., Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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- Atlantic Steamer Supply Company v. the SS TradewindDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1957
- Esso International, Inc. v. The Ss Captain JohnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Rockport Yacht & Supply Co. v. The M/V ContessaDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1962
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