AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP CO. v. BOWRING & CO.


150 F.Supp. 449 (1957)

AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY (DEL.), Plaintiff, v. BOWRING & COMPANY, General Steamship Corporation, Ltd., Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corporation and Howell Barnard Smith and George V. Cutler, copartners doing business as Smith & Johnson, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

On Proposals to Limit Issues to Be Tried Preliminarily May 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for plaintiff. J. Joseph Noble, New York City, of counsel.

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, for defendants Smith & Johnson and Bowring & Co., Norman M. Barron, Gerard Harrington, Jr., Richard C. Hatch, New York City, of counsel.

Nelson, Healy, Baillie & Burke, New York City, for defendants Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp., and General S. S. Corp. Nicholas J. Healy, 3rd, John H. Thoerner, New York City, of counsel.


FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This is an action of interpleader brought under the Federal Interpleader Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335, 1397 and 2361

Plaintiff, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, was the owner of two vessels, the "Panaman" and the "Alaskan," which it sold to the Matson Navigation Company, not a party here. The defendants are ship brokers concerned in the transaction who are grouped into two pairs, one being Bowring & Company...

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