WEST INDIAN COMPANY v. S.S. EMPRESS OF CANADA

No. 66 Ad. 270.

277 F.Supp. 1 (1967)

The WEST INDIAN COMPANY Limited, Plaintiff, v. The S.S. EMPRESS OF CANADA, her engines, boilers, etc., and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bleakley, Platt, Schmidt, Hart & Fritz, New York City, for defendants.

Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York City, for the Department of Commerce of the Virgin Islands, Clarence Fried, New York City, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM

BONSAL, District Judge.

On March 17, 1966 plaintiff, The West Indian Company Limited (West Indian), instituted this admiralty action against defendants, The S/S Empress of Canada (the ship) and The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the owner and operator of the ship. West Indian alleges in its complaint that on March 9, 1966, due to the negligence of those responsible for the navigation of the ship, the ship collided with and damaged two cranes...

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