KENNEDY, District Judge.
On July 28, 1948 as the steamer President Polk was berthing at La Machina pier in Havana she damaged two lighters (Chorrera and Yanina), owned by libelant, a Cuban national. The suit is in rem, based on a claim of fault on the part of President Polk.
Respondent and claimant, the owner of the steamer, now move to dismiss the libel on the ground that a Cuban forum is more convenient; there is also a suggestion of laches.
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