GALBAN LOBO & CO., S. A. v. UNITED STATES


14 F.2d 435 (1926)

GALBAN LOBO & CO., S. A., v. UNITED STATES. THE ELMAC.

District Court, S. D. New York.

April 19, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett, Clarke & Benedict, of New York City (Walter C. Elliott and Herman S. Hertwig, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Emory R. Buckner, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Horace M. Gray, of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.


THACHER, District Judge.

In sustaining exceptions to the original libel Judge A. N. Hand held that a suit such as this, purely in personam, could be maintained under the Suits in Admiralty Act (Comp. St. §§ 1251¼-1251¼l), but that it was necessary in such a suit for the plaintiff to allege and prove its residence or place of business in the district where suit is brought. Galban Lobo & Co. v. U. S. (D. C.) 285 F. 665. The libel was thereafter...

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