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BLACK v. UNITED STATES

No. 412.

8 F.Supp. 443 (1934)

BLACK et al. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

October 23, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph O. Brewster and Harry C. Wilbur, both of Portland, Me., and Burnham, Bingham, Pillsbury, Dane & Gould, of Boston, Mass. (Albert Gould, of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for libelants.

Frank Staley, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Frederick R. Dyer, U. S. Atty., and William B. Nulty, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Portland, Me., for the United States.

PETERS, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam brought against the United States under authority of an Act of Congress approved February 14, 1933 (47 Stat. 1719), to recover for the loss of a vessel and cargo occasioned by collision with the United States submarine R-3 in Buzzard's Bay, on November 24, 1919.

I find the pertinent facts to be as follows: The schooner Oakwoods, about 96 feet long, having a tonnage of 137 gross and 130 net, with a cargo of...

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