Gaston, William & Wigmore S. S. Corp. v. Cunard S. S. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Gaston, Williams & Wigmore Steamship Corporation against steamship Aquitania, Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, claimant. On exceptions to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
Thé question raised by the exceptions is important and interesting. The libel alleges that libelant is a Delaware corporation and the time charterer of the British steamship Lord Duiferin. The charter in question, a copy of which is made part of the libel, was in the usual “government' form” and was for a period of “about five years” from April, 1915.
The libel further alleges that on February 28, 1919, the steamship Lord Duiferin, while operating under said charter, after having been loaded by libelant, was lying, securely anchored, off the Statue of Liberty, and that,…
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