UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD E. F. CORP. v. FLORIDA G. & E. CO.

No. 4690.

20 F.2d 583 (1927)

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION v. FLORIDA GRAIN & ELEVATOR CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Boal, Admiralty Counsel U. S. S. B., of Washington, D. C., J. Frank Staley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis L. Poor, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Jacksonville, Fla., and Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to Atty. Gen. (William M. Gober, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles Cook Howell, of Jacksonville, Fla. (Oscar O. McCollum, of Jacksonville, Fla., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The Florida Grain & Elevator Company brought a libel in personam against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 525; Comp. St. §§ 1251¼-1251¼l), to recover damages sustained by delay in the delivery and consequent deterioration in quality of 10,000 bushels of corn, shipped from Jacksonville to Havana on the government steamer Hoosac.

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