Chapter 504. For the relief of the Mallory Steamship Company
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CHAP. 504.— An Act For the relief of the Mallory Steamship Company. March 3, 1925.[[H. R. 8037](/us/bill/68/hr/8037).][[Private, No. 231](/us/pvtl/68/231).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim Mallory Steamship Company.May bring suit for collision damages to steamship “Nueces,” in district court.of the Mallory Steamship Company, owner of the American steamship Nueces, against the United States of America, for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said vessel and the United States Army tug Vigilant in the harbor of New York on June 12, 1908, may be sued for by the said Mallory Steamship Company in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty, and acting Jurisdiction of court.under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, including interest and costs, if any, as shall be found due against the United States in favor of the owner of the said American steamship Nueces, or against the owner of the said American steamship Nueces in favor of the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.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: *Provided further*, Commencement of suit.That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1925.