Legal Opinion
De La Rama S. S. Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1951PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Libellant was the owner of the motor vessel, the Dona Aurora, which had been requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration in April 1942. It was torpedoed and sunk on December 25th, 1942. This libel was filed thereafter upon a claim for war risk insurance pursuant to Title 46 U. S.C.A. § 1128d.
The amount which libellant is entitled to recover for the loss of the vessel, if awarded a final decree, has been fixed at $2,082,-000 by an order of District Judge Irving R. Kaufman, following the rendition of a report by a Commissioner to whom the issue of damages had been…
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