HECHT, LEVIS & KAHN, INC. v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP CO.


149 F.Supp. 373 (1957)

HECHT, LEVIS & KAHN, Inc., Libellant, v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for libellant, Owen C. Torrey, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for respondent, E. J. Heine, Jr., L. de Grove Potter, New York City, of counsel.


SUGARMAN, District Judge.

Hecht, Levis & Kahn, Inc., sues the Isthmian Steamship Company for damage to a cargo of rubber carried on the S. S. Steel Recorder.

At the opening of trial, the Rubber Corporation of America was substituted as party libellant, and Isthmian Lines, Inc., was substituted as party respondent. The pleadings are amended accordingly.

The cargo here involved is a shipment of 500 tons of No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet rubber. It comprised...

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