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PORTO RICO LIGHTERAGE CO. v. CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 5759.

287 F.2d 507 (1961)

PORTO RICO LIGHTERAGE COMPANY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., et al., Claimants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

March 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicente M. Ydrach, with whom Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellant.

Wallace Gonzalez Oliver, New York City, with whom Edward M. Borges, San Juan, P. R., McConnell, Valdes & Kelley, San Juan, P. R., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, were on brief, for appellees.

Before MARIS, HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to limit liability and for a declaration of nonliability brought by the owners of the tug Eureka in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Claimants are parties having interests in a tow. The court denied the petition, and made a finding of fault. Prior to the assessment of damages petitioner has appealed.

In August, 1956 petitioner recovered the (later-named) M/V Eureka from the bottom...

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