PANAMA CANAL COMPANY v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 19263.

303 F.2d 252 (1962)

PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., as owner of the S.S. ROBERT LUCKENBACH, and as bailee of the cargo laden thereon, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Markun, Theodore P. Daly, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, Whitney E. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Robert A. Feltner, New York City, Benjamin Yancey, New Orleans, La., John G. de Roos, Eugene Underwood, New York City, Woodrow de Castro, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for appellee. Donald M. Waesche, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal, pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 1292(b) by appellant from an order entered by the United States District Court of the Canal Zone denying appellant's motion to dismiss the libel of the appellee as being barred by the two-year statute of limitations applicable to claims against the United States under the Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2401 (b). We granted the motion for interlocutory appeal because we considered that the final disposition...

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