Legal Opinion
In re Complaint of Northern Transatlantic Carriers Corp.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 30, 1969No. Civ. No. 278-68PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM — ORDER
FERNANDEZ-BADILLO, District Judge.
This cause came to be heard on a motion to dismiss filed by the claimant, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, against the plaintiffs’ counter-claim and set-off filed on July 18,1968.
On March 3, 1968, the SS Ocean Eagle broke in two in the entrance to the San Juan Harbor. On April 29, 1968, the plaintiffs herein filed a petition seeking to limit their liability under the Limitation of Liability statute of the United States, 46 U.S.C.A. § 181 et seq.
On June 14, 1968, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed a claim in the limitation of liability…
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