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IN RE PETITION OF LAKE TANKERS CORPORATION

No. 268, Docket 23965.

232 F.2d 573 (1956)

Matter of the Petition of LAKE TANKERS CORPORATION for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, Eugene Underwood, New York City, for petitioner.

Rosen & Rosen, Poughkeepsie, Frank C. Mason, New York City, for claimant-appellee.

Before CLARK, FRANK and HINCKS, Circuit Judges.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

In Petition of Texas Co., 2 Cir., 213 F.2d 479, 482, we stated, as follows, the principles applicable here, in accordance with our previous decisions: "Absent an insufficient fund (1) the statutory privilege of limiting liability is not in the nature of a forum non conveniens doctrine, and (2) the statute gives a ship-owner, sued in several suits (even if in divers places) by divers persons, no advantage...

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