NORTH PAC. S.S. CO. v. HALL BROS. CO.

No. 53.

249 U.S. 119 (1919)

NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. HALL BROTHERS MARINE RAILWAY & SHIPBUILDING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. Frank W. Aitken, Mr. H.W. Glensor and Mr. Ernest Clewe were on the brief, for appellant:

Mr. Warren Gregory and Mr. Allen L. Chickering, for appellee, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a direct appeal under § 238, Judicial Code (Act of March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1087, 1157), involving only the question whether the cause was within the admiralty jurisdiction of a District Court of the United States.

Both parties are corporations of the State of California. Appellee, which for convenience may be referred to as the "Shipbuilding...

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