Legal Opinion
JK Welding Co. v. Gotham Marine Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 1931PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSEY, District Judge.
The motion to amend the ad damnum paragraph of the libel is granted if — despite what I hereafter say — the libelant elects that course.
The motion to compel the giving of additional stipulation for value is denied.
A reference to a commissioner to hear and report is granted.
I. A motion to amend the libel and increase the claim for damages should properly be granted at this stage of the litigation. To what extent it will be of benefit to the libelant in a proceeding in rem is, however, somewhat doubtful, for the reasons hereinafter given.
It may be, of course, that, when…
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