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THOMPSON v. THE CIUDAD DE BOGOTA

No. 243.

146 F.Supp. 822 (1956)

W. Hale THOMPSON, Administrator of the Estate of Miguel CAICEDO, Deceased v. Colombian Motor Vessel THE CIUDAD DE BOGOTA, etc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

October 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., Proctor for libellant.

Guilford D. Ware, and Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va., Proctors for respondents.

STERLING HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

On April 13, 1955, the Colombian Motor Vessel "Ciudad De Bogota" collided with the Cubian Motor Vessel "Bahia De Matanzas" in the Atlantic Ocean off the Coast of North Carolina. As a result of the collision the decedent, Miguel Caicedo, a citizen of Colombia, South America, who was employed as a seaman abroad the "Ciudad De Bogota", was killed. While it is not so stated in the pleadings, it is conceded by proctors that the decedent...

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