Legal Opinion
American-West African Line, Inc. v. Socony Vacuum Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 25, 1933No. 13563PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by American-West African Line, Inc., owner of the American steamship West Kebar, against the respondents herein, for contribution in general average in connection with certain losses and expenses' sustained and incurred by the libelant, as a result of the collapsing of the furnaces in the vessel’s center boiler in February, 1930, while she was at the port of New York.
The Vacuum Oil Company was the shipper of the cargo, which consisted of eases of oil and gasoline and drums of gasoline.
The Vacuum Oil Company executed a general average agreement,…
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