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THE BILL

No. 2533.

47 F.Supp. 969 (1942)

THE BILL. BRAZIL OITICICA, Ltd., v. THE BILL et al.

District Court, D. Maryland.

November 28, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord & Whip and Geo. W. P. Whip, all of Baltimore, Md., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, Henry N. Longley, and F. Herbert Prem, all of New York City, for libelant.

Ritchie, Janney, Ober & Williams and Robt. W. Williams, all of Baltimore, Md., and Hatch & Wolfe and Carver W. Wolfe, all of New York City, for claimant.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

This admiralty case is a libel in rem to recover for a cargo loss. On January 24, 1942 Brazil Oiticica, Ltd., S/A shipped 385,000 kilos (848,925 lbs.) of oiticica oil at Ceara, Brazil, in the starboard and port deep tanks of the SS "Bill", for carriage to New York. Approximately 190 long tons (425,600 lbs.) of the oil were stowed in the starboard deep tank. When stowage of the oil was completed the depth of the oil in that tank was 20 feet...

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