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IN RE WILLS LINES

No. 30, Docket 23510.

227 F.2d 509 (1955)

In the Matter of the Petition of WILLS LINES, Inc., for exemption from, or limitation of, liability, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Tankport Terminals, Inc., Claimant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Graham, New York City, for petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant.

Krisel, Beck & Taylor, New York City (Maurice A. Krisel, Max Taylor and Irving Arthur James, New York City, of counsel), for claimant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

These are cross-appeals in a proceeding in admiralty for exoneration from, or limitation of liability for damages caused by petitioner's M/V Mayfair when she came in contact with claimant's pier on the evening of January 15, 1953, in a fog.

The limitation proceeding was commenced on March 31, 1953 by the filing of the petition; and on the same day, pursuant to ex parte orders, a stipulation and ad interim bond in the amount...

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