DURANT v. UNITED STATES

No. 287.

53 F.Supp. 1003 (1943)

DURANT v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Wilmington Division.

October 14, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. D. Stone, of Wilmington, N. C., and John W. Oast, of Norfolk, Va., for libelant.

James O. Carr, U. S. Dist. Atty., of Wilmington, N. C., and Charles F. Rouse, Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., of Kinston, N. C., and Harold B. Finn, of Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for libelee.


MEEKINS, District Judge.

Findings of Fact.

1. Between March 9 and March 29, 1941, the Italian Motorship Villarperosa lay in the port of Wilmington and during said period libellant alleges that he delivered to her master on his order for the use of said vessel coal, foodstuffs and supplies to the value of $358.62.

2. On March 30, 1941, the United States took the Villarperosa into protective custody to prevent her destruction and loss, it having been...

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