COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR v. BONNASSE

No. 313.

19 F.2d 777 (1927)

COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR v. BONNASSE et al. (IRVING BANK-COLUMBIA TRUST CO., Garnishee).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 16, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City (Oscar R. Houston, D. Roger Englar and Charles F. Quantrell, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Loomis & Ruebush, of New York City (Homer L. Loomis and Reginald B. Williams, both of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before L. HAND and SWAN, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, District Judge.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

We have no doubt that the bond given by La Banque Bonnasse was a maritime obligation. Dike v. The St. Joseph, Fed. Cas. No. 3,908; The Barque San Fernando v. Jackson (C. C.) 12 F. 341; Coast Wrecking Co. v. Phœnix Ins. Co. (C. C.) 13 F. 127. Cutler v. Rae, 7 How. 729, 12 L. Ed. 890, held that the obligation itself was not maritime, in which respect it has since been questioned, but did not doubt the...

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