WIGGINS v. 1100 TONS, MORE OR LESS, OF ITALIAN MARBLE

No. 8115.

186 F.Supp. 452 (1960)

E. H. WIGGINS and W. E. Moulton, Libellants, v. 1100 TONS, MORE OR LESS, OF ITALIAN MARBLE, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

September 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for libellants.

David H. Batchelder, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (for claimants, Beavers and Burchard).


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

On January 22, 1894, the Norwegian Barkentine Clythia, bound from Genoa, Italy, for Baltimore, Maryland, went aground approximately 250 yards off the shores of Princess Anne County, Virginia, near the Virginia-North Carolina line. The good ship has rested upon the bottom for the past 66 years with only a portion of her top mast visible above the water. After all these years the Clythia...

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