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AKTIESELSKABET DAMPSKIB GANSFJORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 5340.

32 F.2d 236 (1929)

AKTIESELSKABET DAMPSKIB GANSFJORD et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 22, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Grace, M. A. Grace, and Edwin H. Grace, all of New Orleans, La. (John D. Grace, M. A. Grace, Edwin H. Grace, and Daniel H. Grace, all of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellants.

E. E. Talbot, U. S. Atty., of New Orleans, La.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Gansfjord was libeled for the alleged amount of damages caused to the inner East jetty of East South Pass, Mississippi river, by her running into and colliding with that jetty. The libel was excepted to on the ground that it stated no cause or right of action cognizable in a court of admiralty, and that the court was without jurisdiction to entertain the libel. That exception was overruled.

The libel on its face showed...

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