THE IRISTO


43 F.Supp. 29 (1941)

THE IRISTO. MIDDLETON & CO., Limited, et al. v. OCEAN DOMINION S. S. CORPORATION. W. M. CROMBIE & CO., Inc., et al. v. SAME. MAWDSLEY et al. v. SAME.

District Court, S. D. New York.

October 20, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley and Ezra G. Benedict Fox, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelants.

Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City (Wharton Poor and James McKown, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for respondents.


CONGER, District Judge.

These are three libels to recover for the loss of the cargo of the Norwegian steamer Iristo, which became a total loss after stranding on the reefs on the northern side of Bermuda on March 15, 1937. The suits are by a large number of consignees and other persons interested in the cargo. The same general issues are involved in each of the libels.

The respondent, Ocean Dominion Steamship Corporation, a New York corporation, was not the...

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