PORTO RICO LIGHTERAGE CO. v. MARTE CIA. NAV. S. A.


119 F.Supp. 366 (1953)

PORTO RICO LIGHTERAGE CO. v. MARTE CIA. NAV. S. A. et al. THE JOHN E. BERWIND. THE JAN. THE GEORGIANA.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, proctors for libelant, by Charles S. Haight, Gordon W. Paulsen, New York City, of counsel.

Dougherty, Ryan & Mahoney, New York City, proctors for respondent Marte Cia. Nav. S. A.


GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a motion by respondent, Marte Cia. Nav. S. A., to stay this suit pending arbitration pursuant to the agreement between the parties in their salvage agreement.

The S. S. Georgiana, owned by respondent Marte Cia. Nav. S. A., sailed from San Juan Harbor on a voyage to Liverpool with a cargo of scrap iron, and stranded on the rocks outside the harbor on May 12, 1953. Her master signed a Lloyd's standard form of salvage agreement...

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