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MENTE & CO. v. ISTHMIAN S. S. CO.

Nos. 117 — 305, 117 — 350.

36 F.Supp. 278 (1940)

MENTE & CO., Inc., et al. v. ISTHMIAN S. S. CO. Petition of COURT LINE, Limited. THE QUARRINGTON COURT.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 25, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (D. Roger Englar, Henry N. Longley, and John W. R. Zisgen, all of New York City, of counsel), for libelants and cargo claimants.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (L. deGrove Potter and Joseph W. Whelan, both of New York City, of counsel), for Isthmian S. S. Co.

Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City (John W. Griffin, Wharton Poor, and Charles S. Haight, Jr., all of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

COXE, District Judge.

This litigation grows out of the sinking of the British steamship "Quarrington Court" in the Red Sea on December 7, 1937. The disaster was caused by the flooding of the vessel following a break in the main injection pipe and the concurrent jamming of the main injection valve.

The vessel was owned by Court Line, Ltd., an English corporation, and was under charter to Isthmian Steamship Corporation, a Delaware corporation. She was on a voyage...

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