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SWENSON v. THE ARGONAUT

Consolidated Cause No. 10812 (Including Causes Nos. 10811-10815, 10823-10827).

204 F.2d 636 (1953)

SWENSON v. THE ARGONAUT et al. THE ESTELLE. THE SUSAN.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1953.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Mason, New York City (Cruse, Becker & Longstreet, Jersey City, N. J., Mahar & Mason, New York City, on the brief), for appellants in Nos. 10812 to 10815, inclusive.

Robert S. Erskine, New York City (Cox & Walburg, Newark, New Jersey, Kirlin Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for Farrell Lines, Inc.

Logan Cresap, Jr., New York City (John B. Gest, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Hercules Co.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

A brief prologue may perhaps serve to soften the impact of a subsequent inevitably detailed recital of a complex sequence of litigation in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and appeals and cross-appeals in this Court.

On August 15, 1947, the steamship Argonaut owned by Farrell Lines Incorporated ("Argonaut") was moored to a pier in Jersey City, New Jersey operated by a group of individuals trading as The...

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