IN RE BANKS' PETITION

No. 19690.

133 F.Supp. 276 (1955)

In the Matter of Petition of William BANKS, owner of the Yacht Jesting II, for Limitation and Exoneration.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

July 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, proctors for the petitioner, by Walter A. Darby, Advocate, New York City, and John J. Mulcahy, Jr., Advocate, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Francis M. Verrilli, New York City, proctor for claimant 2912 Emmons Avenue Corporation, by E. F. Cummerford, Advocate, New York City.

Charles A. Hirsch, Brooklyn, N. Y., proctor for claimant Lloyd Garrison.

Bernhardt M. Meisels, New York City, proctor for claimant Cacace.

Leo Cappelletti, New York City, Proctor for claimant John Falcone.


BYERS, District Judge.

This limitation proceeding was initiated by the filing of a petition on May 31, 1951 by the owner of the yacht Jesting II, and recites that during part of November 1950 (actually it was November 12), the said yacht was moored at the dock of one Garrison on the northerly side of Sheepshead Bay (3000 Emmons Avenue), Brooklyn, pursuant to a contract "for storage of the Jesting II throughout the winter of 1950-1951."

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