UNITED STATES v. EASTPORT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION


216 F.Supp. 649 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Libellant, v. EASTPORT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and Seaboard Surety Company, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., for libellant; Louis E. Greco, Atty. in Charge Admiralty & Shipping Section Dept. of Justice, Leavenworth Colby, Louis E. Greco, Daniel E. Leach, Lawrence F. Ledebur, Attys., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, of counsel.

Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, New York City, Kominers & Fort, Washington, D. C., for respondents; Francis J. O'Brien, New York City, J. Franklin Fort, T. S. L. Perlman, Washington, D. C., of counsel.


LEVET, District Judge.

This libel by the United States seeks $17,777.68 allegedly due as "additional charter hire" under a bareboat charter of SS Denison Victory from The Maritime Administration, as owner, to the respondent Eastport Steamship Corporation (Eastport), as charterer.1

The controversy centers about the charter hire provisions contained in Part I Clause E and Part II Clauses 12 and 13 of Charter No. MA-31, dated February...

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