FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. S.S. ROYALTON

Nos. 14745, 14760.

312 F.2d 671 (1963)

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Libelants-Appellants, v. S.S. ROYALTON, her engines, etc., and Scott Misener Steamships, Ltd., Respondents-Appellees. Christoforos MANOPOULOS et al., Libelants-Appellants, v. S.S. ROYALTON, her engines, etc., and Scott Misener Steamships, Ltd., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Waesche, Jr., New York City (Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip, Detroit, Mich., Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, on the brief; Fred W. Freeman, Detroit, Mich., and Donald M. Waesche, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio (McCreary, Hinslea & Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, McMillan, Binch, Stuart, Berry, Dunn, Corrigan & Howland, Toronto, Canada, on the brief; Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, and F. O. Gerity, Toronto, Canada, of counsel), for appellees.

Before MILLER and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.

On June 25, 1959 a collision occurred in a dense fog on Lake Huron between the S. S. "Monrovia," registered in Liberia, and the S. S. "Royalton," a Canadian vessel. The Monrovia sank, her cargoes were lost, and a number of her seamen were injured. The cargo owners and underwriters, and the injured seamen, brought libels against the Royalton and her owner, Scott Misener Steamships, Limited, to recover for the lost cargoes and for...

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