HENRY v. S. S. MOUNT EVANS

Adm. No. 4494.

227 F.Supp. 408 (1964)

Hayden F. HENRY v. The S. S. MOUNT EVANS, her boilers, engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, and Mt. Evans Steamship Corporation, American Tramp Shipping Development Corporation, and Cargo Tankship Management Corporation.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

March 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa., and Sidney Blum, Baltimore, Md. (John Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa., and John P. Wade, Baltimore, Md., advocates), proctors for libelant.

Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md. (Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md., advocates), proctors for Blix Steamship Co. mortgagee.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The exceptions to the libel in rem against the S. S. Mount Evans raise the question whether the alleged facts support the charge of unseaworthiness. The Court is not now concerned with the allegations of negligence made against the other respondents.1

The following facts are taken from the libel and libelant's brief. On April 19, 1961, while the Mount Evans was docked at Rio de Janeiro and libelant was standing...

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