Legal Opinion
In re Socony Vacuum Transp. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 7, 1950No. Nos. A135-268, A138-213, A141-136, A147-338, A152-9PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
These five suits arise out of four collisions that took place during the existence of dense fog in the wartime swept channel approach to New York Harbor.
In the first proceeding, the Socony Vacuum Transportation Company, Ltd., as owner of the S. S. Voco, seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability. Claims for damage have been filed in this proceeding by the Compañía Sud-Americana de Va-pores, as charterer and bailee in possession of the S. S. Choapa; the Commodity Credit Corporation and others as owners of cargo on board The Choapa at the time she sank; Leslie…
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