Pittston Marine Corp. v. H. A. Brassert & Co.

DAWSON, District Judge.

This is a motion brought by libelant for an order overruling certain exceptions to the Commissioner’s report filed by the respondent, H. A. Brassert & Co.

The action was instituted by the libel-ant, Pittston Marine Corporation, as the owner of the vessel S.S. Clyde Austin Dunning, against the respondent H. A. Brassert & Company, consignee, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by said vessel in the discharge of its cargo of iron ore at Chester, Pennsylvania during the month of August, 1948, through the negligent unloading operations performed by the…