UNITED STATES v. THE JAMES L. RICHARDS

No. 1231.

82 F.Supp. 12 (1949)

UNITED STATES, on Behalf of LORDS COMMISSIONERS FOR EXECUTING OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL, etc. v. THE JAMES L. RICHARDS.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

February 8, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McGovern, Atty., Admiralty Section, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., William T. McCarthy, U. S. Atty., and Edward O. Gourdin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., for plaintiff

Seymour P. Edgerton, Charles S. Bolster, and Bingham, Dana & Gould, all of Boston, Mass., for respondent.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

This is a libel for salvage services rendered on August 30 and 31, 1943 by H.M.R. T. Busy to the S.S. James L. Richards October 7, 1947 the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of His Britannic Majesty as owner of the Busy assigned his salvage claim to the United States. October 14, 1947 the officers and crew of the Busy acting through the British Treasury Solicitor...

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