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GREAT LAKES CORP. v. S.S. CO.

No. 716.

301 U.S. 646 (1937)

GREAT LAKES TRANSIT CORP. v. INTERSTATE STEAMSHIP CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Richards, with whom Mr. Laurence E. Coffey was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Ray M. Stanley, with whom Mr. Ellis H. Gidley was on the brief, for Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. et al., respondents.

Messrs. Frederick L. Leckie and Thomas H. Garry filed a brief on behalf of the Interstate Steamship Co., respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

A collision occurred in the St. Clair river between the vessel "George D. Dixon" owned by the petitioner, Great Lakes Transit Corporation, and the vessel "Willis L. King" owned by the Interstate Steamship Company. Each owner brought a libel in admiralty against the other. The suits were consolidated. The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and other underwriters having...

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