EASTERN S. S. LINES v. UNITED STATES

No. 1228.

74 F.Supp. 37 (1947)

EASTERN S. S. LINES, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 14, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Santry and Putnam, Bell, Dutch & Santry, all of Boston, Mass., for libellant.

William T. McCarthy, U. S. Atty. and Edward O. Gourdin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., for respondent.


HEALEY, District Judge.

The Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., brings this libel in admiralty to recover from the United States of America just compensation for the S.S. "George Washington", which was declared a constructive total loss by the United States on October 30, 1944, after it was damaged in a collision with another vessel on September 10, 1944.

The United States, as charterer, and the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., as owner entered into a bareboat charter...

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