Case Name: JARKA CORPORATION v. REDERII
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-02-07
Citations: 110 F.2d 234
Docket Number: No. 3443
Parties: JARKA CORPORATION v. REDERII.
Judges: •Before WILSON and MAGRUDER, Circuit Judges, and FORD, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 110
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
JARKA CORPORATION v. REDERII.
No. 3443.
Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Feb. 7, 1940.
Forrest E. Richardson and Robinson & Richardson, all of Portland, Me., for appellant-respondent.
Nathan W. Thompson, of Portland, Me., for appellee-libellant.
•Before WILSON and MAGRUDER, Circuit Judges, and FORD, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a decree overruling exceptions to a libel in admiralty. Appeals lie, not from all interlocutory decrees in admiralty, but only from such interlocutory decrees as determine "the rights and liabilities of the parties." 44 Stat. 233, 28 U.S.C.A. § 227. The decree below merely determines that the libel states a good cause of action. It does not determine the rights and liabilities of the parties, because at the trial the libellant may fail to prove his case. Stark v. Texas Co., 5 Cir., 1937, 88 F.2d 182; The Maria, 2 Cir., 1933, 67 F.2d 571; see Schoenamsgruber v. Hamburg Line, 1935, 294 U.S. 454, 55 S.Ct. 475, 79 L.Ed. 989; H. Lissner & Co., Inc., v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., 2 Cir., 1929, 30 F.2d 290.
The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.