Chapter 268. For the relief of the owner of the lighter Eastman Numbered 14
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CHAP. 268.— An Act For the relief of the owner of the lighter Eastman Numbered 14.May 7, 1926.[[S. 99](/us/bill/69/s/99).][[Private, No. 41](/us/pvtl/69/41).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Franklin P. Eastman.May bring suit for collision damages to lighter “Eastman Numbered 14,“ in district court. That the claim of Franklin P. Eastman, owner of the lighter Eastman Numbered 14, against the United States of America for damages alleged to have been caused by a collision on November 26, 1918, between the said lighter Eastman Numbered 14 and the United States steamship Wakulla., at the Thirty-first Street Pier, Brooklyn, New York, while the said steamship Wakulla was owned by the United States of America and was being operated in its naval transport service, may be sued for by the said Franklin P.
Eastman in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear andJurisdiction of court. 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 Franklin P. Eastman, or against Franklin P. Eastman 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 notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.
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*, That said suit shall beCommencement of suit. brought and commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, May 7, 1926.