Brooks Aviation Inc. v. Wrecked and Abandoned Boeing Sb-17g Aircraft, 2002 FCT 503 (CanLII)

In Admiralty Practice, In Rem Actions and Arrest on (Updated )

This very interesting application was for an order dispensing with service of the Statement of Claim, Affidavit to Lead Warrant and Warrant. The res was a B-17 aircraft that had crash landed on a lake in Labrador during the winter of 1947. The following year the aircraft sank during the spring thaw and it remains submerged. The wreck was discovered …

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