Chapter 607. Conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the steamship W
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Chap. 607: Conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the steamship W. I. Radcliffe against the United States, and for other purposes. Chapter 607 45 Stat. 2351 1929-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 private Chapter 607.— An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the steamship W.
I. Radcliffe against the United States, and for other purposes. March 2, 1929. [[H. R. 11698](/us/bill/70/hr/11698).] [[Private, No. 480](/us/pvtl/70/480).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claimWynstay Steamship Company (Limited). May bring suit for collision damages to steamship “Radcliffe ”, in district court. of the Wynstay Steamship Company (Limited), a British corporation, owner of the steamship Radeliffe, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said steamship Radeliffe and the United States steamship Sylvan Arrow, on December 1, 1918, may be determined in a suit to be brought by said claimant against the United States 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 court in admiraltyJurisdiction of court. cases, and that said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine said suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, and costs, if any, as shall be found due against the United States in favor of the said Wynstay Steamship Company (Limited) or against the said Wynstay Steamship Company (Limited) in favor of the United States, by reason of said collision, upon the same principles and under the same measures of liability as in like cases between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be given to*Provisos*.
Notice, etc., to Attorney General. the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and upon such notice 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 such suit shall be begun within four months of the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1929.
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