Legal Opinion
Fay v. Compagnia Générale Transatlantique
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1930PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
These suits grow out of a collision at about 1:39 a. m. on October 15, 1927, between the steamship Paris of the French Line, while proceeding to sea, and the Norwegian steamship Bessegen, lying at anchor in the Upper Bay of New York City. As a result of the collision, the Bessegen, with a cargo of 30,596 bags of sugar, became a total loss, and seven of her seamen were drowned.
Libels have been filed against the Paris by (1) the owners and surviving members of the crew of the Bessegen; (2) the charterers of the Bessegen; (3) the owners of the cargo; and (4) the next of kin…
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