PACIFIC ATLANTIC S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 6932.

120 F.Supp. 753 (1954)

PACIFIC ATLANTIC S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

February 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erksine Wood, John D. Mosser and Wood, Matthiessen, Wood & Tatum, Portland, Ore., for libelant.

Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for respondent.


SOLOMON, District Judge.

Libelant, the bareboat charterer of the S. S. Marquette Victory, is seeking to recover for the cost and time of repairs to the vessel, allegedly resulting from a failure of the propulsion machinery due to latent defects or locked in stresses. Respondent, as owner of the vessel, interposed a number of defenses, one of which is that the libel was not timely filed.

Both parties agree that the libel was filed pursuant to the provisions...

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