Chapter 238. For the relief of the owners of the steamship Comanche
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CHAP. 238.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the steamship Comanche. February 16, 1925.[[S. 82](/us/bill/68/s/82).][[Private, No. 160](/us/pvtl/68/160).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Clyde Steamship Company.May bring suit for collision damages to steamship “Comanche”, in district court That the claim of the Clyde Steamship Company, owner of the American steamship Comanche, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said vessel and the United States battleship Indiana and the United States destroyer McCall on the 14th day of December, 1917, off Nortons Point, New York, may be sued for by the said Clyde Steamship Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty, and acting under the rules governing such Jurisdiction of court.court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owners of the said American steamship Comanche, or against the owners of the said American steamship Comanche in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States:
Commencement of suit.*Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 16, 1925.