PETITION OF LONG

No. 65 A.D. 55.

293 F.Supp. 172 (1968)

Petition of Sumner A. LONG, Owner, and Annie Quinn Corp., Charterer, and Earl J. Smith & Co., Inc., Agent of the S.S. SMITH VOYAGER for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, New York City, for petitioners, Edwin K. Reid, John R. Sheneman, Howard M. McCormack, New York City, of counsel.

Baker, Nelson, Williams & Mitchell, New York City, for claimant India Supply Mission, O. Taft Nelson, Robert M. Atkinson, Robert E. Meshel, New York City, of counsel.

Davis & Davis, New York City, for claimant Anna Veenstra, Harold Davis, New York City, of counsel.

Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, for individual claimants, S. Gerald Litvin, Barton A. Pasternak, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.


OPINION

BONSAL, District Judge.

Petitioners instituted this proceeding, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 183 et seq., for exoneration from or limitation of liability with respect to claims arising by reason of the sinking of the S/S SMITH VOYAGER (the VOYAGER) in the Atlantic Ocean on December 27, 1964. The petitioners are:

Sumner A. Long (Long), the owner of the vessel;

Anne Quinn Corporation (Quinn), the bareboat charterer; and Earl J. Smith...

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