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U.S. v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INS. CO.

No. 21.

298 U.S. 483 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 889

80 L.Ed. 1296

UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Frank Staley, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General MacLean, and Mr. Paul A. Sweeney were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. J.M. Richardson Lyeth for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit to obtain a contribution in general average by reason of the sacrifice of part of a ship's cargo for the benefit of the ship and cargo as a whole. The Court of Claims gave judgment for the claimant and the case is here on certiorari. The material facts, as shown by the findings below, are as follows:

In 1918 the Logan, an army transport...

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