MICHELENA & CO. v. AMERICAN EXPORT & ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INC.

No. 17-65.

258 F.Supp. 479 (1966)

MICHELENA & CO., Inc., Libelant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT AND ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INC. and New Light Fire & Marine Insurance Company Limited, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico.

September 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco Ponsa Feliú, Wilson Colberg, San Juan, P. R., for libelant.

Pieras & Martin, San Juan, P. R., for respondents.


ORDER

CANCIO, District Judge.

This case is now before the Court on a motion by Respondent to dismiss the cause of action on the grounds that the libel was brought after the statute of limitations had run.

It has not been disputed that the libel was brought after the one year period provided by law in these cases under the Carriage of Goods By Sea Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 1300 et seq., had elapsed. Neither has it been disputed that Libelant did not...

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