F. E. Grauwiller Transportation Co. v. The Scow Jeanne

In the sharp conflict of testimony which developed below, Judge Bruchhausen, who saw and heard the witnesses, makes clear that he believed Searfoss, president of libellant F. E. Grauwiller Transportation Co, Inc, the original owner of the Scow Jeanne — the casus belli here — and disbelieved Elliott, who was a volunteer seeking authorization for the repairs he was having made to the vessel after its wreck in New York bay in the November, 1953, storm. D.C.E.D.N.Y, 131 F.Supp. 630. These were rational and reasonable deductions, supported by the decided weight of the testimony, including that of…