HUGO STINNES STEEL & METALS CO. v. S. S. ELBE OLDENDORFF

No. 71 Civ. 5692.

363 F.Supp. 1391 (1973)

HUGO STINNES STEEL AND METALS COMPANY (DIVISION OF HUGO STINNES CORPORATION), Plaintiff, v. S. S. ELBE OLDENDORFF, her engines, boilers, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Warburton, McGowan & Carey, New York City, for plaintiff.


METZNER, District Judge:

Plaintiff moves pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer this action to the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division.

Section 1404(a) provides that a civil action may be transferred "for the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, . . ."

The complaint in this action was filed on December 29, 1971, shortly before the running of the one-year statute of limitations under COGSA (46 U.S.C...

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