THE SANDGATE CASTLE

No. 1074.

30 F.Supp. 344 (1939)

THE SANDGATE CASTLE. Petition of UNION CASTLE MAIL S. S. CO., Limited.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 24, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (James H. Herbert, of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley and F. Herbert Prem, both of New York City, of counsel), for claimants.


HULBERT, District Judge.

The Steamship Sandgate Castle, having taken on board a general cargo for carriage to African ports, sailed from New York on June 23, 1937, and three days later was destroyed by fire about 600 miles at sea.

There was no loss of life.

On December 16, 1937, the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company, Ltd., a British corporation which owned and operated said vessel, filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability...

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