PETITION OF UNITED STATES


105 F.Supp. 353 (1952)

Petition of UNITED STATES. Petition of ISBRANDTSEN CO., Inc. THE EDMUND FANNING.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for petitioner, Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., Thomas F. Daly, Henry C. Blackiston, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Myles J. Lane, U. S. Atty., New York City, for claimant, United States, Edward L. Smith, Erwin Rossuck and Ruth Kearney, New York City, of counsel.


RYAN, District Judge.

This is a limitation proceeding by Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., seeking exoneration from or limitation of liability as chartered owner of S.S. Edmund Fanning with respect to claims arising out of fire and explosion occasioning the total loss of the vessel and her cargo in Genoa on March 13, 1947.

On September 4, 1947, Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. filed a petition in this Court for exoneration under the Fire Statute, 46 U.S.C.A. § 182...

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