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THE RITA MAERSK

No. 963.

52 F.Supp. 56 (1943)

THE RITA MAERSK et al.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 20, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Day & Lord, of New York City, and Putnam, Bell, Dutch & Santry and Charles F. Dutch, all of Boston, Mass., for libellant.

Bingham, Dana & Gould and Albert Gould, all of Boston, Mass., and Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, of New York City, for Dampskibsselsk af 1912 A/S.

Fitz-Henry Smith, Jr., of Boston, Mass., for Sivewright, Bacon & Co. and Lambert Bros., Limited.

Edmund J. Brandon, U. S. Atty., and Gerald J. McCarthy, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., for the United States.

HEALEY, District Judge.

This is a motion brought by the libellant for a final decree for $57,500 in accordance with a stipulation between counsel for libellant and counsel for the former owners of the "Rita Maersk".

On June 30, 1940, the libellant filed a libel against the Steamship "Rita Maersk", for breach of contract of carriage, seeking damages in the sum of $110,000.

On October 8, 1940, the owner, Dampskibsselsk af 1912 A/S, a Danish corporation...

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