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THE GALILEO

No. 97.

54 F.2d 913 (1931)

THE GALILEO. EARLE & STODDART, Inc., et al. v. ELLERMAN'S WILSON LINE, Limited.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 21, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (T. Catesby Jones and James W. Ryan, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Cletus Keating and James H. Herbert, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Ellerman's Wilson Line, Limited, a British corporation, was the owner and operator of the steamship Galileo, which in August, 1926, set out upon a voyage from New York to Hull, England, carrying the libelants' goods as cargo. Within six hours of her departure, fire was discovered in the coal carried in a temporary bunker in No. 3 'tween deck. The vessel immediately put about and returned to the port of New York, where she subsequently sank, as...

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