THE TRIM TOO

No. 864.

39 F.Supp. 271 (1941)

The TRIM TOO. In re FERGUSON.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 5, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bingham, Dana & Gould, Albert T. Gould, and Howard F. Fanning, all of Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Kenneth W. Brown and Arthur H. Brown, both of Boston, Mass., for claimant.

Lyne, Woodworth & Evarts, of Boston, Mass., for Asa E. Phillips, Jr.

Marvin C. Taylor, of Boston, Mass., for Nellie I. Johannessen.

Christiansen, Sanford & Kerwin and A. F. Christiansen, all of Boston, Mass., for Jens Johannessen, claimant.

Hill, Blake & Berkal, of Salem, Mass. (Richard E. Blake, of Salem, Mass.), for James E. Graves, Inc.


BREWSTER, District Judge.

This proceeding is brought in admiralty by the owner of the Power Yacht "Trim Too" for limitation of liability under applicable Federal Statutes. 46 U.S.C. A. §§ 183, 188, 189. The matter is now before the court solely on the question of jurisdiction raised in the answer of Nellie I. Johannessen, administratrix of John A. S. Johannessen, who asked to have the petition dismissed. As the jurisdiction of the court is assailed in a...

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