NEW ENGLAND MARITIME CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 218, 205, 243, 244, 247, 266, 333.

55 F.2d 674 (1932)

NEW ENGLAND MARITIME CO. v. UNITED STATES, and six other cases.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 14, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In case No. 218:

Foye M. Murphy and Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, all of Boston, Mass., for libelant.

Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., and A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass.

In case No. 205:

Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, of Boston, Mass., for libelant.

Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., and A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass.

Foye M. Murphy, of Boston, Mass., for Richard K. Gould, trustee in bankruptcy of New England Maritime Co.

In cases No. 243 and 244:

A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass.

Foye M. Murphy and Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, all of Boston, Mass., for respondent.

In cases No. 247 and 266:

Wm. B. Sullivan, Jr., and John V. Spalding, both of Boston, Mass., for libelant.

Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham and Foye M. Murphy, all of Boston, Mass., for New England Maritime Co.

Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., and A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass.

In case No. 333:

Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., and A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass.


HALE, District Judge.

These cases arise from a collision on April 4, 1929, off the North Carolina coast, between the libelant's schooner, A. Ernest Mills and the United States destroyer Childs. The original libel was filed by the New England Maritime Company, owner of the schooner, in behalf of itself and as bailee of the cargo of salt on board, against the United States of America, under the so-called Public Vessels Act, namely, the Act of Congress approved March...

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