PETITION OF MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.


145 F.Supp. 616 (1956)

Petition of MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, Inc., as owner of THE S.S. MORMACKITE, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 20, 1956.


PALMIERI, District Judge.

The petitioner seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability in connection with the loss of its vessel S. S. Mormackite on a voyage from Victoria, Brazil, to Baltimore, Maryland, which commenced on September 25, 1954. The vessel had loaded approximately 9,000 tons of ore cargo at Victoria, Brazil. Rumbling noises allegedly heard by surviving members of the crew indicated that this cargo had...

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