CALIFORNIA & HAWAIIAN S. CO. v. COLUMBIA S.S. CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 70-1910.

391 F.Supp. 894 (1972)

CALIFORNIA AND HAWAIIAN SUGAR COMPANY v. COLUMBIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., and the SS COLUMBIA BREWER.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

December 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Read, A. Gordon Grant, Jr., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Walter Carroll, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


BOYLE, District Judge:

California and Hawaiian Sugar Company, a non-profit agricultural cooperative association, brought this action in admiralty to recover for cargo loss and damage against Columbia Steamship Company and the SS COLUMBIA BREWER arising out of the stranding of the vessel in the shallow waters of Old Providence Island off the coast of Nicaragua in the early hours of June 25, 1970. Columbia Steamship Company, Inc. denied liability to cargo and asserted...

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