United States v. Wessel, Duval & Co.

DIMOCK, District Judge.

The United States of America, time charterer of S. S. Edward Rutledge, by its libel seeks recovery from Wessel, Du-val & Co., Inc., the bareboat charterer, alleging breach of contract by the bare-boat charterer resulting in the stranding of the ship on Hogsty Reef, Bahama Islands. In the first cause of action, libel-ant seeks the value of libelant’s sugar jettisoned, the cost of salvage services, the loss and expense incurred in preserving and protecting libelant’s cargo and the loss of use of the ship suffered by libelant. In the second cause of action libelant seeks…