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PIONEER STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 6397.

176 F.Supp. 140 (1959)

PIONEER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Wisconsin.

August 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman T. Keenen of McCreary, Hinslea & Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, Quarles, Herriott & Clemons, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Edward G. Minor, U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Howard W. Hilgendorf, Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Thomas F. McGovern, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charley Wyant, Chicago, Ill., F. B. Thatcher, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for defendant.

GRUBB, District Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), for recovery for damages sustained by the S.S. Price McKinney, wholly owned by plaintiff, in the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin, on September 28, 1952, allegedly as a result of striking a submerged illegal obstruction. On trial to the court, the issue of damages was severed and reserved for later determination.

The steamship Price McKinney is a Great Lakes...

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