McGHEE v. UNITED STATES


75 F.Supp. 76 (1947)

McGHEE v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 21, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquin Frank, of New York City, for libelant.

Hunt, Hill & Betts, of New York City (Geo. Whitefield Betts, Jr., Helen F. Tuohy and S. R. Jackson, all of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


BRIGHT, District Judge.

The question to be answered on this retrial is, what caused the S. S. Thomas Hooker to be lost as a result of the cracking of her plates on March 5th, 1943.

This suit has been sent back for further findings, because the testimony of Hathaway, the master, and of Nesbit, called as an expert, both witnesses for the respondent, was "baffling and unsatisfactory and it seems to us that justice will be best secured by having them reexamined...

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