EASTERN S. S. LINES v. UNITED STATES

No. 1228.

77 F.Supp. 181 (1947)

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

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 11, 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 the United States.


HEALEY, District Judge.

This matter came on for hearing on the form of the final decree.

The only question to be determined is whether the libelant is entitled to interest from the date of the loss of the vessel, or from the date of the commencement of its action.

The cause of action arose under the terms of a charter party by which the United States agreed that in case of a total loss it would pay "just compensation to be determined in accordance...

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