SWIFT & CO. v. COMPANIA TRANSMARITIMA COLOMBIANA

No. 2798.

83 F.Supp. 273 (1948)

SWIFT & CO., PACKERS, et al. v. COMPANIA TRANSMARITIMA COLOMBIANA, S. A., et al.

United States District Court D. Canal Zone, Balboa Division.

On Motion for Rehearing November 5, 1948.

Judgment Affirmed May 30, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGrath, Sheridan, & Thomas, William J. Sheridan, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan, & Stiles and Harry F. Stiles, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for libelants.

Van Siclen & Ramirez and Charles E. Ramirez, all of Ancon, Canal Zone, and Nelson, Healy & Baillie and Nicholas J. Healy, III, all of New York City, for respondents.


HANCOCK, District Judge.

This action in admiralty was filed March 7, 1948 upon a libel in personam accompanied by a prayer for foreign attachment.

The respondent Compania Transmaritima Colombiana was incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Colombia. As such incorporated company it was the registered owner of two vessels; namely, The Cali and The Alacran, which registration was likewise in the Republic of...

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