COLONIAL PRESS OF MIAMI, INC. v. THE ALLEN'S CAY

No. 17998.

277 F.2d 540 (1960)

COLONIAL PRESS OF MIAMI, INC., Appellant, v. THE British Motor Vessel ALLEN'S CAY her engines, tackle, apparel, equipment, etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin T. Boyd, T. J. Blackwell, Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Henry W. Clar, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The only difficulty about this case is how one so simple could have become so snarled up. See Indemnity Ins. Co. v. Browning-Ferris Machinery Co., 5 Cir., 227 F.2d 804, 806. A libel in rem is filed and the vessel seized. Without stipulation for value, costs, or a writ of release from the warrant of seizure, the ship, of foreign registry, sails merrily on her...

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