American Zinc Co. v. Foster

NIXON, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty filed by plaintiffs, owners of certain shipments of cargo consisting of zinc concentrates, fishmeal and whalemeal, which was loaded and stowed in Peru aboard the Peruvian ship, S/S Stella Maris, and which was being transported thereon to Pascagoula, Mississippi. Plaintiffs contend that their cargo was partly damaged and partly subjected to “Stella Maris’ ” claim in General Average when the “Stella Maris” struck a submerged object and ultimately sank while traveling up the Pascagoula River on the night of June 5, 1969. This suit was filed by…