E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. BARGE CARRIERS

No. 385-M.

55 F.Supp. 728 (1944)

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. BARGE CARRIERS, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. Florida, Miami Division.

May 17, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cody Fowler, of Tampa, Fla., for libelant.

McCune, Hiaasen & Fleming, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Barge Carriers, Inc.

Loftin, Calkins, Anderson, Scott & Preston, of Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., and Scott M. Loftin and Harold B. Wahl, both of Jacksonville, Fla., for Peninsular & Occidental S. S. Co. and Florida East Coast Car Ferry Co.


HOLLAND, District Judge.

This cause came on this day to be heard, after due notice and argument of counsel, on the exceptions to the libel filed by respondents, The Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company and Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company.

The chief exception argued before the court is that the bill of lading, on which the libel is brought, shows on its face that it is a Master's Bill of Lading on Form War-Shiplading-7-1-42, designated by the...

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