Pyman Bros. v. Cherokee-Seminole S. S. Corp.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

A collision occurred between the passenger vessel Cherokee, owned by the Cherokee-Seminole Steamship Corporation, and freight steamer Welcombe, owned by Pyman Br.os., Ltd., on January 17, 1936, in the St. Johns River, Florida, about 23 miles to seaward from Jacksonville. As a result of said collision three suits have been brought, one by the owner of the Welcombe against the Cherokee and her owner, another by 'Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd., as owner of the cargo on the Welcombe, against the Cherokee and Cherokee-Seminole Steamship Corporation, and the third suit by…