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COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR v. BONNASSE

15 F.2d 202 (1925)

COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR v. BONNASSE et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 30, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loomis & Ruebush, of New York City (Homer L. Loomis, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Morris, Plante & Saxe, of New York City (Guthrie B. Plante and David S. Elkins, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondents.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss the libel on the ground that the court should not assume jurisdiction of the cause of action. The libel alleges that, while the Greek steamship Diacakis, of which the libelant was time charterer, was bound from Valencia, Spain, to the port of New York, a fire broke out on board at Gibraltar. In order to extinguish the fire and save the ship and cargo, much water was pumped into the ship, with the result...

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