Cary Marine, Inc. v. The Motorvessel Papillon, Great Lakes Cary Corporation, Donald B. McCann and Third Party Randy Postma, Third Party

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• \A possessory action permits a party to adjudicate the right to possession of property that has wrongfully been taken.\
• Rule D governing possessory actions is unavailable where admiralty jurisdiction did not independently exist because plaintiffs claim to the vessel arose out of a non-maritime purchase agreement
• a purchase agreement for the sale of a vessel is not a maritime contract and a breach of one, therefore, does not give rise to admiralty jurisdiction
• Rule D governing possessory actions is unavailable where admiralty jurisdiction did not independently exist because plaintiff's claim to the vessel arose out of a non-maritime purchase agreement

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