New England Maritime Co. v. United States

HALE, District Judge.

Those cases arise from a collision on April 4, 3929, off the North Carolina coast, between the libelant’s schooner, A‘. Ernest Mills and the United States destroyer Childs. The original libel was filed by the New England Maritime Company, owner of the schooner, in behalf of itself and as bailee of the cargo of salt on hoard, against the United States of America, under the so-called Public Vessels Act, namely, the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1925 (46 USCA §§ 781-790), entitled an act authorizing suits against the United States, in admiralty, for damage caused by, and…