MATSON NAV. CO. v. WAR DAMAGE CORPORATION

No. 24575.

74 F.Supp. 705 (1947)

MATSON NAV. CO. v. WAR DAMAGE CORPORATION.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

November 17, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyman Henry, Kent A. Sawyer, and Hall, Henry & Oliver, all of San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Allan E. Charles, Edward D. Ransom, and Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, all of San Francisco, Cal. for defendant.


GOODMAN, District Judge.

While en route from the Hawaiian Islands to Continental United States on or about December 11, 1941, plaintiff Matson Navigation Company's steamship Lahaina was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine. By this suit, filed March 22, 1945, plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant War Damage Corporation the value of the steamship, which, the parties agree, is the sum of $615,000. Right of recovery is claimed under an amendment to the Reconstruction...

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