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UNITED STATES v. CARVER

No. 402.

260 U.S. 482 (1923)

UNITED STATES, OWNER OF THE STEAMSHIPS "CLIO," "MOOSEABEE," "FORT LOGAN," AND "MORGANZA," ET AL. v. CARVER ET AL., COPARTNERS, UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF BAKER, CARVER, AND MORRELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman B. Beecher, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger, Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mr. Arthur M. Boal were on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. E. Curtis Rouse for Carver et al.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a libel in personam against the United States and the receiver of State Steamship Corporation, a company of the State of Delaware, bankrupt, to charge the United States for supplies furnished to the steamships Clio and Morganza. Act of March 9, 1920, c. 95, 41 Stat. 525. The United States owned the vessels, but they were in the possession of the corporation...

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