Legal Opinion
The Mount Shasta
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 2, 1923No. 1969PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a libel by the United States, as owner of the steamship Mount Shasta, against certain subfreights alleged to be due to her. Palmer & Parker Company, from whom, as the libel alleges, the subfreights in question are due, has appeared to deny that allegation and the jurisdiction of the court, and the case has been heard only upon the question of jurisdiction. The facts on this issue are as follows:
The Mount Shasta is a Shipping Board vessel, which, on May 19, 1920, was chartered under the usual charter sale form to the Mount Shasta Steamship Company. The charter…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vandewater v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
- American Steel Barge Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Coal Agency Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- Deas v. The BerkeleyDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1893
- Vane v. A. M. Wood & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- In re TarboxDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1910
3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. FreightsSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- United States v. Palmer & Parker Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
- United States v. Palmer & Parker Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932