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UNITED STATES v. THE WESTERVELT, ETC.

135 F.Supp. 596 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Libelant, v. The WESTERVELT, The CATHERINE MESECK and The GEORGE KEOGH and Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, for libelant, Gilbert S. Fleischer, New York City, of counsel.

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, for respondent, Edmund F. Lamb, New York City, of counsel.

WEINFELD, District Judge.

This libel was filed against Meseck Towing Lines, Inc. and three of its tugs to recover damages for the repair of a telephone submarine cable running from the Battery to Ellis Island allegedly resulting from the respondents' negligence. The damage was caused by the anchoring of the S.S. Coastal Liberator.

The Liberator, owned by the libellant, was being transported as a "dead ship" from Brewers Dry Dock in Staten Island to a loading...

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