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SHEWAN & SONS v. UNITED STATES

No. 42.

266 U.S. 108 (1924)

JAMES SHEWAN & SONS, INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George V.A. McCloskey, with whom Mr. C.C. Calhoun was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

James Shewan & Sons, a corporation of New York, on the 12th day of May, 1922, filed a libel in admiralty against the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, to recover the value of repairs made during the month of May, 1920, on the steamship Biran. The libel averred that the Biran was owned by the United States and at all the times mentioned was engaged in the mercantile...

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