CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. v. PUERTO RICO LIGHTERAGE CO.

No. 4-59.

229 F.Supp. 531 (1964)

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY, as Owner of S.S. ROYAL OAK, Libelant, v. PUERTO RICO LIGHTERAGE COMPANY, as Owner of The TUG CHARLES E. DUNLAP, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico.

May 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fiddler, González & Rodríguez, San Juan, P. R., for libelant.

Hartzell, Fernández & Novas, San Juan, P. R., for respondent.


RUIZ-NAZARIO, Chief Judge.

This suit in Admiralty was originally tried on April 21, 1960. Thereupon, after giving due consideration to memoranda filed by the proctors for the parties, The Court on May 8, 1961, decreed that the libel herein was stale and barred by laches, and that it therefore be, as it was dismissed.

An appeal from said decree was taken by libelant to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit which, by its decision of July 6, 1962, vacated...

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