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VILLANEUVA COMPANIA NAVIERA, S.A. v. S.S. MATILDE CORRADO

Nos. 8181, 8204.

211 F.Supp. 930 (1962)

VILLANEUVA COMPANIA NAVIERA, S.A., owner of the Liberian S.S. Devon, Libelant, v. S.S. MATILDE CORRADO, her furniture, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, and "Corrado" Societa Di Navigazione, a foreign corporation, as owner and/or operator of said vessel in personam, Respondents. "CORRADO" SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE, owner and operator of the S.S. Matilde Corrado, Libelant, v. S.S. DEVON, her furniture, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, and Villaneuva Compania Naviera, S.A., as owner and/or operator of said vessel, in personam, Respondents.

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

December 31, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va. (Braden Vandeventer, Jr., and Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va.), for S.S. Devon.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va. (John W. Winston and Robert M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va.), for S.S. Matilde Corrado.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Actions in rem and in personam are pending by and between the owners of the bulk carrier DEVON and the owners of the Canadian liberty-type vessel MATILDE CORRADO. Each vessel claims that the other dragged anchor and drifted. A collision occurred on the night of January 24, 1958. For all practical purposes the only factual issue for determination is an inquiry as to which vessel dragged anchor. For reasons hereinafter stated...

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