Legal Opinion

The Fred M. Lawrence

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided May 27, 1898PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This was a libel in rem by the Union Marine Insurance Company, Limited, against the steam canal boat Fred M. Lawrence.

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, District Judge.

The question involved on this motion is this: May the court order the security given on the valuation of a vessel seized in an action in rem, to secure the release thereof, to be strengthened, upon the original sureties becoming insolvent; and, in default of obedience to such order, may the claimant’s answer be stricken out; and the libelant allowed to have a decree, enforceable against the claimant and such sureties, to the same extent as would be proper if no issue had been raised on the merits?

The Revised Statutes (section 913) authorize the district court to make…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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