THE AAKRE


31 F.Supp. 8 (1939)

THE AAKRE. Petition of REDERI A/S HENNESEID. WATERMAN et al. v. AAKRE.

District Court, S. D. New York.

December 29, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (D. Roger Englar, W. J. Nunnally, Jr., and F. Herbert Prem, all of New York City, of counsel), for claimant in limitation cause and for libelants.

Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City (John W. Griffin, Wharton Poor, and James McKown, Jr., all of New York City, of counsel), for the owner of Aakre.

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (John L. Galey and Burton H. White, both of New York City, of counsel), for Lamport & Holt Line, Ltd.

Crawford & Sprague, of New York City (George C. Sprague and Nicholas J. Healy, III, both of New York City, of counsel), for Continental Grain Co.


WOOLSEY, District Judge.

My judgment in this cause is that the petitioner is entitled to a decree, with costs, exonerating it from liability and that there must be a dismissal, with costs, of the libel as against the Aakre, her owner, the Lamport & Holt Line, Ltd., and all the impleaded respondents.

I shall deal hereinafter with the question of costs as between the libelant and the impleaded respondent and as between them inter sese.

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