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UNITED STATES v. THE THEKLA

No. 258.

266 U.S. 328 (1924)

UNITED STATES v. NORWEGIAN BARQUE "THEKLA," HER TACKLE, ETC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 1, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. Charles S. Haight, with whom Mr. John W. Griffin and Mr. Wharton Poor were on the brief, for the "Thekla."

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes here upon a certificate from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, stating more at length the following facts. The Luckenbach Steamship Company on behalf of itself and the other owners libelled the barque Thekla in admiralty for a collision with the steamship F.J. Luckenbach. The owners of the Thekla moved under the old fifty-third admiralty...

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