ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. v. COMPAGNIE DE NAVIGATION, ETC.

No. 679, Docket 72-2178.

480 F.2d 669 (1973)

ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COMPAGNIE DE NAVIGATION FRAISSINET ET CYPRIEN FABRE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Simonson, New York City (John T. Kochendorfer, and Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Edward L. Smith, New York City (Walter P. Hickey, Kevin D. Slakas, and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before SMITH, HAYS and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, owners of the French vessel M. V. Marquette, appeal from an interlocutory judgment entered in the Southern District of New York, Richard H. Levet, District Judge, 345 F.Supp. 814 (S.D.N.Y.1972), holding them liable for damage to cargo for which the appellee shippers held bills of lading.1 The damage was caused by a fire that broke out aboard the vessel on July 21...

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