KTISTAKIS v. STAR

No. 284.

169 F.Supp. 820 (1958)

Nikolaos KTISTAKIS, Libellant, v. THE Liberian S.S. STAR, etc., et al., Respondents.

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

As Amended August 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk Va., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The single question presented at this stage of the proceedings is whether, in the absence of a stipulation or agreement, a deposition de bene esse in admiralty may be taken in a foreign country before an officer of that country authorized to administer an oath. The question must be answered in the negative.

It has been held that a deposition de bene esse could not be taken in the Canal Zone, a possession of...

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