IN RE UNITED STATES

Nos. 18301, 18371.

82 F.Supp. 730 (1949)

In re UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. BLACK DIAMOND S. S. CORPORATION. THE FS-231. THE MIDLAND VICTORY.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

February 10, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Keogh, U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of New York, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Alfred T. Cluff and Frank P. Cox, both of New York City, of counsel), for United States.

Hunt, Hill & Betts, of New York City (John W. Crandall and Robert M. Donohue, both of New York City, of counsel), for Black Diamond S. S. Corporation.

Simon N. Gazan, of New York City (Dominick Blasi, of New York City, of counsel), for claimants.


INCH, Chief Judge.

The Steamship Midland Victory, owned by the United States, under charter to the Black Diamond Steamship Corporation and the U. S. Transport FS-231, collided with each other in the open sea, with substantial damage to each boat, and with loss of life and injury to members of the crew of the Transport FS-231.

I shall hereafter refer to the Midland Victory as the Victory and to the FS-231 as the Transport.

The Transport blames the collision...

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