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DAVIS v. DONOVAN

No. 757.

265 U.S. 257 (1924)

DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AS AGENT UNDER SECTION 206 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1920, v. DONOVAN, AS OWNER OF THE DECK SCOW "MARY ETHEL," ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Evan Shelby, with whom Mr. John E. Walker was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. George V.A. McCloskey for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

June 13, 1919, respondent Donovan, owner of the "Mary Ethel," filed a libel in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against the "Director General of Railroads of the United States (New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company)" — for whom James C. Davis, Agent, etc., has been substituted — and another, wherein he asked...

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