SHELL PETROLEUM CO. v. PESCHKEN

Civ. A. No. 793-59.

184 F.Supp. 950 (1960)

SHELL PETROLEUM CO., Ltd., as Owner of THE M/S LEMBULUS, Libelant, v. Charles PESCHKEN, Canolius V. Hines and Fred W. Bents, Respondents.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

June 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCarter & English, by Francis E. P. McCarter, Newark, N. J., for libelant. Robert M. Julian, New York City, of counsel.

David D. Furman, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, by Alfred P. D'Auria, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondents.


WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

This case properly invokes the Admiralty jurisdiction of this Court. The cause of action alleged in the libel arises out of a collision between the British Motor Tanker Lembulus, owned by libelant, and the draw section of a New Jersey State Highway bridge over the Hackensack River, a navigable body of water of the United States, on December 20, 1957. The bridge is also locally known as the Lincoln Highway bridge, and extends between Jersey...

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