ESSO STANDARD OIL S. A. v. S. S. GASBRAS SUL

No. 65, Docket 31251.

387 F.2d 573 (1968)

ESSO STANDARD OIL S. A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The S. S. GASBRAS SUL, her engines, boilers, etc., and A/S Sobral, as Owner of the S. S. Gasbras Sul, Claimant-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1967.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Ashworth, New York City (Gordon W. Paulsen, and Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for claimant-defendant-appellant.

Walter P. Hickey, Charles N. Fiddler, New York City (Kenneth R. Arnold, Thomas J. Romans, and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The SS. Gasbras Sul, sailing under the flag of Norway and owned by A/S Sobral, a Norwegian corporation, arrived at San Jose, Guatemala during the evening of September 15, 1955. Originally built as a dry-cargo carrier, she had been converted to a propane carrier by the installation of tanks, both forward and aft, which projected twelve feet above the deck. The vessel was 325 feet long with a beam of 47 feet and a summer draft of 20 feet 8 inches...

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