COMPANIA MARITIMA del NERVION v. AMEROP COMMODITIES CORP.

No. 4513.

237 F.Supp. 73 (1964)

COMPANIA MARITIMA del NERVION, Libellant, v. AMEROP COMMODITIES CORPORATION, Cargill Incorporated, Union Barge Line Corporation and BARGE UBL-117, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

December 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Deane, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for libellant.

Clarence F. Favret, New Orleans, La., for respondent Amerop Commodities Corp.

J. Barbee Winston and Gerard T. Gelpi, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for respondent Cargill, Inc.

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for respondent Union Barge Line Corp. and Barge UBL-117.


FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

Compania Maritima del Nervion, hereinafter referred to as Nervion Lines, has instituted this libel in order to recover for the delay and additional expenses incurred by their vessel, the S/S MAR TIRRENO, due to the discovery of red ants in a cargo of soymeal.

In the early afternoon of June 7, 1960, a cargo of soymeal destined for trans-Atlantic shipment was in the course of being...

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