MERCHANTS CORP. OF AMER. v. 9655 LONG TONS, NO. 2 YELLOW MILO

No. 1829.

238 F.Supp. 572 (1965)

MERCHANTS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Libelant, v. NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE LONG TONS, MORE OR LESS, OF NO. 2 YELLOW MILO and Minister of Finance (Supply Mission) of the Government of Israel, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Galveston, Tex. (Bryan F. Williams, Jr., of Galveston, Tex.), for libelant.

Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, Tex. (Frank G. Harmon, Houston, Tex.), for respondents.


NOEL, District Judge.

This case, having been tried before the Court without a jury, is now ripe for the resolution of certain legal questions.

It is an action commenced by libelant as mesne assignee of the owners of the S. S. JACKIE HAUSE to recover the freight charge of a cargo of grain from the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, to an Israeli port, allegedly earned under the charter although the vessel never left...

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