BEKRIS v. GREEK M/V ARISTOTELES

No. 14561.

437 F.2d 219 (1971)

Gerasimos BEKRIS, Appellant, v. GREEK M/V ARISTOTELES, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., Good Hope Shipping Ltd., Vinke & Co., Oceanic Freighters, S.A., J. A. Billmeir & Co., Ltd., Aristides Steamship Co., S.A., Amerind Shipping Corp. and Independent Gulf Line, all foreign corporations or associations, as owners and/or operators of the Greek M/V Aristoteles, and Elias Lynardatos, a non-resident, individually and as Master of the Greek M/V Aristoteles, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge:

Gerasimos Bekris, a citizen and resident of Greece, initiated this suit in admiralty against the M/V ARISTOTELES, a vessel of Greek registry flying the flag of Greece. The ship was not attached because its owner, Aristides Steamship Company, S.A., made a general appearance as defendant in the case. The Company was incorporated in Panama, but its principal office of record is in Greece and all...

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