HELLENIC LINES v. THE EXMOUTH

Nos. 19244, 19486.

134 F.Supp. 546 (1955)

HELLENIC LINES, Ltd., owner of THE S.S. HELLENIC BEACH, Libelant, v. THE EXMOUTH, her engines, boilers, etc., and American Export Lines, Inc., Respondent. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc., as owner of THE S.S. EXMOUTH, Libelant, v. THE HELLENIC BEACH, her engines, boilers, etc., and Hellenic Lines, Ltd., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

September 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dow & Symmers, New York City, proctors for Hellenic Lines, by Wilbur E. Dow, Jr., New York City, Advocate.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, proctors for American Export Lines, by James M. Estabrook, and Walter A. Darby, New York City, Advocates.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, proctors for petitioners, by Charles A. Van Hagen, Jr., New York City, Advocate.


RAYFIEL, District Judge.

Shortly after 2:00 A. M., on June 5, 1949, a collision took place between two vessels, the "Exmouth" and the "Hellenic Beach", in the vicinity of Overfalls Lightship, at the mouth of Delaware Bay. The "Exmouth" was bound from New York to Philadelphia, with 300 tons of cargo aboard; the "Hellenic Beach" was bound from Philadelphia to New York, and was carrying 5,000 tons of cargo.

The "Hellenic Beach" filed a libel against the "Exmouth...

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