PETITION OF TRINIDAD CORPORATION

No. 770.

238 F.Supp. 928 (1965)

Petition of TRINIDAD CORPORATION as Owner of the S/S SAN JACINTO for exoneration from or limitation of liability in a cause of limitation of liability, civil and maritime.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

March 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va., Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., for claimants.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Robert M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va., for petitioner.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Certain preliminary matters having arisen in the above proceeding which require the attention of the Court, the comments hereinafter made will cover these issues.

On April 6, 1964, Trinidad Corporation, the owner of the tank vessel SAN JACINTO, filed its petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability. On March 25, 1964, while the vessel was proceeding in ballast from Maine to Florida, the tanker exploded when approximately...

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