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Corporations
Lyndon R. CONNETT and John B. Allen, Doing Business as L. R. Connett & Co., Appellees, v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION, Appellant, Tice Towing Line, Appellee
37 F.2d 1011·United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit·1930
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Lyndon R. CONNETT and John B. Allen, Doing Business as L. R. Connett & Co., Appellees, v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION, Appellant, Tice Towing Line, Appellee.
No. 92.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Feb. 3, 1930.
Charles 'H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City, and Anthony M. Menkel, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.
Park, Mattison & Lynch, of New York City (Henry E. Mattison, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Tice Towing Line.
Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.
[MAJORITY — PER CURIAM.]
PER CURIAM.
In an action at law for damages to plaintiffs' scow, judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs against the Pleet Corporation, and the complaint was dismissed against the Tice Towing Line, a judgment for costs in its favor being entered against the plaintiffs. On the authority of Johnson v. U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 50 S. Ct. 118, 74 L. Ed. -, decided January 6, 1930, by the Supreme Court of the United States, the judgment against the Pleet Corporation is reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The judgment for costs in favor of Tice Towing Line is affirmed.