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HANSON & ORTH, INC. v. M/V JALATARANG

No. CV475-131.

450 F.Supp. 528 (1978)

HANSON & ORTH, INC., MGC Commodity Corp., Langston Bag Company, Ludlow Corp., Heads and Threads Company, Division of MSL Industries, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. M/V JALATARANG, her engines, gear, tackle, et cetera, Scindia Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., Smith and Kelly Company and Georgia Ports Authority, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

April 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Simonson, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for plaintiff Hanson & Orth, Inc.

Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for other plaintiffs.

Lamar C. Walter, Chamlee, Dubus & Sipple, Savannah, Ga., for defendant Shipowner Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.

Ralph O. Bowden, III, Hunter, Houlihan, Maclean, Exley, Dunn & Connerat, Savannah, Ga., for defendant Smith and Kelly.

Griffin B. Bell, Jr., Lee & Clark, Savannah, Ga., for defendant Georgia Ports Authority.

OPINION

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

LAWRENCE, District Judge.

I

On the night of May 30, 1974, a fire broke out aboard the M/V JALATARANG while longshoremen were discharging bales of burlap and jute at Savannah. The vessel was owned by Scindia Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. and was of Indian registry. She had carried the cargo from various ports in that country. Part of it was discharged at the Georgia Ports Authority...

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