MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, ETC. v. MARINE TANKERS CORP.


194 F.Supp. 161 (1960)

Application of MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, STATE PURCHASES DIRECTORATE OF ATHENS, GREECE, Petitioner, v. MARINE TANKERS CORPORATION, Respondent, to compel Respondent to arbitrate a controversy.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Middleton, Louis & Warburton, New York City, for petitioner. Barton P. Ferris and Leo P. Cappelletti, New York City, of counsel.

Cardillo & Smith, New York City, for respondent. Donald F. Mooney, New York City, of counsel.


PALMIERI, District Judge.

Petitioner, as charterer of respondent's vessel, has brought this motion pursuant to section 4 of the federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 4, to compel arbitration of a claim for cargo damage.1

Petitioner asserts a claim for sea-water damage to a cargo of corn carried aboard respondent's vessel in February and March of 1958 from Baltimore, Maryland, to...

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