STEWART & CO. v. RIVARA.

No. 290.

274 U.S. 614 (1927)

STEWART & COMPANY v. RIVARA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John M. Woolsey and Harrington Putnam, with whom Mr. L. deGrove Potter was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James M. Gorman, with whom Mr. Pierre M. Brown was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

April 17, 1919, the company made a contract to sell Rivara a tugboat. The vessel had been documented by the company in the Custom House in New York as a vessel of the United States and was enrolled for coasting voyages between ports of the United States. It was operated in interstate and intrastate commerce. The purchase price was to be paid in installments, and title was not to pass until all was paid. When the...

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