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STATE OF MAINE v. UNITED STATES

No. 1567.

45 F.Supp. 35 (1942)

STATE OF MAINE v. UNITED STATES. THE ILEX.

District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

May 12, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank I. Cowan, Atty. Gen., and Nathan W. Thompson, of Portland, Me., for libellant.

Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., John D. Clifford, Jr., U. S. Atty., and E. J. Harrigan, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Portland Me., for the United States.

PETERS, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam brought by the State of Maine against the United States of America, as owner of a vessel used as a lighthouse tender, to recover damages for injury to the State bridge across the Kennebec River at Bath, caused by the vessel's running into the bridge.

The libellant claims the right to bring this action under the provisions of the Public Vessels Act of March 3, 1925, U.S.C.A., Title 46, § 781 et seq.,...

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