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UNITED DISTILLERS OF AMERICA v. THE T/S IONIAN PIONEER

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130 F.Supp. 647 (1955)

UNITED DISTILLERS OF AMERICA, Inc., Libelant, v. THE T/S IONIAN PIONEER, her engines, tackle, etc., and her owner, Ionian Steamship Co. of Athens, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Brunswick G. Deutsch, Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Chaffe, McCall, Toler & Phillips, Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

The Ionian Pioneer was a 35-year-old steel tank ship. She was owned by Greeks, flew the Panamanian flag, and was manned by the flotsam of many countries. She was rusty, she was leaky, she was hogged.1 More importantly, and most unfortunately, she had an unpredictable penchant for sheering to port at the most inopportune moments. On two such sheers, she went aground and libelant here has sued for the value of the...

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