Chapter 151. For the relief of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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CHAP. 151.— An Act For the relief of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.February 14, 1927.[[H. R. 5866](/us/bill/69/hr/5866).][[Private, No. 367](/us/pvtl/69/367).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.May bring suit for collision damages to its lighter damages to its lighter in district court.the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and doing business in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owner of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Lighter Numbered 40, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said lighter and the United States quarterboat Chester, in tow of the United States Army Engineer’s tug Philadelphia, in the Schuylkill River, on the 11th day of March, 1920, may be sued for by the said Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction Jurisdiction of courtto 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 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, or against the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such *Proviso*.Notice, etc, to Attorney General.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 suitThat said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 14, 1927.