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BERTEL v. PANAMA TRANSPORT CO.

No. 168, Docket 22572.

202 F.2d 247 (1953)

BERTEL et al. v. PANAMA TRANSPORT CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Raymond T. Greene, Ira A. Campbell, Rufus Barringer, New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Jerome Y. Sturm, New York City (Abraham Fishbein, New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The tanker, Esso Copenhagen, was lying at anchor in the harbor of Valparaiso, Chile, on October 10, 1939 from one-quarter to one-half mile offshore with her stern inshore. She had arrived the day before with 4,400,000 gallons of gasoline, naphtha and kerosene in her tanks, and the cargo was being discharged into tanks ashore through a hose leading over her stern to the receiving tanks. Between 12:30 and 1:00 P.M. the hose broke and gasoline and...

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