HENJES v. UNITED STATES

No. 18109.

87 F.Supp. 222 (1949)

HENJES et al. v. UNITED STATES. THE GERD H. HENJES. THE IRA NELSON MORRIS.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

August 18, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, proctors for libelants (Edmund F. Lamb, New York City, advocate).

J. Vincent Keogh, United States Attorney, New York City, proctor for respondent (Eugene Rheinfrank, Special Attorney, Department of Justice, New York City, advocate).


KENNEDY, District Judge.

On September 18, 1946, Helen K. Henjes and Edmund F. Bowen, as executors of the Estate of Gerd H. Henjes, owners of the tug Gerd H. Henjes (referred to as Henjes)1 filed their libel on in rem principles against the United States of America as owner of the steamer Ira Nelson Morris (referred to as Morris).2 Each vessel charges the other with incompetence, each saying that the other failed...

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