Legal Opinion
Accinanto, Ltd. v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 31, 1951No. Nos. 3028, 3035, 3037, 3053, 3058 and 3060PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
These cases presented libels in personam against Mowinckels Rederi, sub-time charterer of the Ocean Liberty. The ship was partially loaded in Baltimore in June 1946 with ammonium nitrate fertilizer which, by spontaneous combustion, caused a fire to and subsequent explosion and entire destruction and sinking of the ship in the Harbor of Brest, France, The libels were filed by the shippers, owners or consignees of other cargo on the ship. On August 7, 1951 after trial of the case in this court, findings of fact and an extended opinion were filed, 99 F.Supp. 261, 1951…
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