DEPPE v. LUFKIN

No. 5313.

31 F.Supp. 323 (1940)

DEPPE et al. v. LUFKIN, Collector of Customs.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 23, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Choate, 3rd, Bingham, Dana & Gould (Burnham, Bingham, Gould & Murphy) of Boston, Mass., and Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Edmund J. Brandon, U. S. Atty., and Edward O. Gourdin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., for defendants.


McLELLAN, District Judge.

This action of contract was begun in 1932. The original plaintiff, Armement Deppe, a Belgian corporation, was the owner of the S. S. Louvain, which in August, 1926, came into the port of Boston. By amendment, Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., agent of the original plaintiff, was added as party plaintiff. The original defendant, who was Collector of Customs, died in 1934 and later the executrix of his estate was substituted as defendant. Though...

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