CHILE S. S. CO. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO.


79 F.Supp. 557 (1948)

CHILE S. S. CO., Inc. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO., Inc. THE ANDES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 29, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (C. A. Van Hagen, Jr., of New York City, of counsel), for libellant.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City, (Leo Hanan, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


CLANCY, District Judge.

On the 7th of September, 1944, respondent's employees were engaged as stevedores in unloading the S. S. Lafayette at Pier 9, Erie Railroad. Her cargo consisted of copper slabs 18 inches long, 1 foot wide and 4 inches thick and weighing about 300 pounds. They were moved in a sling from the hold of the Lafayette to the deck of the lighter Andes, owned by the libellant. A sling load consisted of from four to seven slabs. Thwart-ship's beams of...

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