CORPORATION OF THE R. E. ASSURANCE v. UNITED STATES


6 F.Supp. 689 (1934)

CORPORATION OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 8, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley and Alfred Ogden, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Thomas E. Dewey, U. S. Atty., of New York City (O. P. M. Brown and F. R. Conway, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondents.


COXE, District Judge.

These exceptions challenge the sufficiency of the libels in two suits for cargo loss brought under the 1932 Amendment to the Suits in Admiralty Act (USCA title 46, § 745), on the ground that the prior actions were commenced more than six years after the respective claims first accrued. USCA title 28, § 262. The libels are substantially identical except that in one the United States is the respondent, and in the other the Shipping Board...

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