FIRESTONE PLANTATIONS CO. v. PAN ATLANTIC S. S. CORP.


77 F.Supp. 401 (1948)

FIRESTONE PLANTATIONS CO. (FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., Intervener) v. PAN ATLANTIC S. S. CORPORATION et al. SAME v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

May 6, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (F. Herbert Prem and Alfred Ogden, both of New York City, of counsel), for libellant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., and Gay & Behrens, all of New York City (Edward J. Behrens and Mack Kreindler, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent United States.

Gay & Behrens, of New York City (Edward J. Behrens and Mack Kreindler, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondents Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation and American-West African Line, Inc.


BYERS, District Judge.

This consolidated cause is based upon a claim for cargo damage to a shipment of crude rubber ex S.S. Pan Crescent arriving in New York on November 10, 1942, on a voyage from Liberia. The libellant, Firestone Plantations Company, is a subsidiary of intervening libellant Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, and it is the latter which seeks recovery from the respondent Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation as owner of the Pan Crescent; the respondent...

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