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THE VIZCAYA

No. 869.

38 F.Supp. 1020 (1941)

THE VIZCAYA.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 13, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Withington, Cross, Proctor & Park, of Boston, Mass. (John S. McCann, of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for libellant.

Thomas H. Walsh, of Boston, Mass., for claimant.

McLELLAN, District Judge.

This libel in admiralty purports to state three claims. Two of the claims are for damage done by a boat to the libellant's pier. To these claims, the libellee excepts. Although in matters of contract the test of jurisdiction in admiralty is the nature of the contract, the test of jurisdiction in matters of tort is the locality of the damage. Accordingly, there is no jurisdiction in admiralty over damages to a pier attached to land and the...

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