GEORGIA LUMBER CO. v. COMPANIA

No. 180.

323 U.S. 334 (1945)

GEORGIA HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. v. COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION TRANSMAR, S.A., OWNER OF THE S.S. KOTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Tilney Carpenter for petitioner.

Mr. Wilbur E. Dow, Jr., with whom Mr. William G. Symmers was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an admiralty case here on certiorari from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. A single question is presented. Petitioner claims that the appeal from the District Court to the Circuit Court of Appeals was not properly taken. Since the Rules of Civil Procedure do not apply to proceedings in admiralty,1 the question is...

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