THE VOCO


57 F.Supp. 531 (1944)

THE VOCO. THE GYPSUM PRINCE.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 6, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Paul Speer and Leo F. Hanan, both of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Socony Vacuum Transp. Co., Limited.

Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Symmers, of New York City (Earle Farwell and Joseph M. Brush, both of New York City, of counsel), for Gypsum Packet Co., Limited.

Crowell & Rouse, of New York City (E. Curtis Rouse, of New York City, of counsel), for different claimants.


COXE, District Judge.

These cases grow out of a collision between the British steamships "Voco" and "Gypsum Prince" in the lower part of Delaware Bay, off Cape Henlopen, in the early morning of March 4, 1942. The "Voco" was at the time outbound from Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, for New York, with a part cargo of petroleum products. The "Gypsum Prince" was inbound from Digby, Nova Scotia, for Philadelphia, with a full cargo of gypsum rock. As a result of the collision...

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