THE MANHATTAN

No. 5970.

85 F.2d 427 (1936)

THE MANHATTAN. THE BESSEMER. UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Frank Staley, of Washington, D. C., and Charles D. McAvoy, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Lewis, Wolff & Gourlay, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Otto Wolff, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellees.

Before BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge, and DICKINSON and FORMAN, District Judges.


DICKINSON, District Judge.

This litigation has reached its final stage. The sole question to be now answered is that of the sum of money which the libelant should recover in damages. The damages awarded were to compensate the owner of a vessel injured or destroyed. The ideal of such compensation is to restore the vessel as she was. That the owner should recover the cost of restoration is clear enough, but it is difficult to accept the thought that the money loss could...

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