BIRD v. FORTUNA

Nos. 64-7, 64-10.

262 F.Supp. 24 (1966)

Frank W. BIRD et al. v. S. S. FORTUNA et al. S. S. FORTUNA et al. v. WIGGIN TERMINALS, INC., et al. STEIN, HALL & CO., Inc. v. S. S. FORTUNA et al. NORTON LINE et al. v. WIGGIN TERMINALS, INC., et al.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

December 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Bowes, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Leo F. Glynn, Boston, Mass., for Norton Line and Norton Lilly & Co., Inc.

Robert J. Hallisey, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., for Massachusetts Port Authority.

John M. Reed, Withington, Cross, Park & McCann, Boston, Mass., for Wiggin Terminals, Inc.

Peter D. Cole, Boston, Mass., for S. Volpe & Co.


MEMORANDUM

GARRITY, District Judge.

These are companion cases in admiralty brought by two consignees of a cargo of sisal shipped from Brazil on February 7, 1962 on the SS FORTUNA and discharged on February 21, 1962 at the Castle Island Terminal, Boston, Massachusetts, of which the defendant Wiggin Terminals, Inc. (hereinafter called Wiggin) is the lessee. The sisal was damaged by water and the plaintiffs sued the ship, her owners and operators (hereinafter...

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