ASIATIC PETROLEUM CORP. v. ITALIA SOCIETA, ETC.

No. 7536.

119 F.2d 610 (1941)

ASIATIC PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. ITALIA SOCIETA ANONIMA DI NAVIGAZIONE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

April 14, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Charles S. Haight, of New York City (Rawle & Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City, and Thomas F. Mount, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

John B. Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, CLARK, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty in personam for breach of contract brought by the libellant, Asiatic Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, against "Italia" Societa Anonima Di Navigazione, an Italian corporation, pursuant to Rule 2 of the Admiralty Rules of the Supreme Court, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723. The libel contains a clause of foreign attachment under which attachment was made of the S. S. Belvedere lying in the Port of Philadelphia...

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