THE C. G. R.-180

No. 3752.

70 F.Supp. 975 (1946)

THE C. G. R.-180.

District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

December 30, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lehr, U. S. Atty., and Morris Zwerdling, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Detroit, Mich., and John T. Casey, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Frederic B. Besimer, and Ward & Plunkett, all of Detroit, Mich. (Horace L. Atkins, of New York City, of counsel), for respondents.


KOSCINSKI, District Judge.

This is a petition by the United States of America alleging chartered ownership of Coast Guard Patrol Vessel C. G. R.-180, for limitation of and exoneration from liability, civil and maritime, as a result of an explosion and fire aboard that vessel on December 5, 1942, while being laid up for the winter.

Respondents filed claims totalling approximately $35,000 for damages to or destruction of boats in adjoining wells, and for damage...

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