THE CIANO

Nos. 73, 81, 83, 85, 87 and 89 of 1943.

58 F.Supp. 65 (1944)

THE CIANO (six cases).

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 7, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, by F. H. Prem, all of New York City, and Krusen, Evans & Shaw, by Rowland C. Evans, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., for Comex Wine & Spirits, Inc., T. M. Duche & Sons, John M. Germack and Frank Germack, copartners, Joseph A. Zaloom and Viola Zaloom, copartners, and Braun Importing Co., Inc.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, by Rowland C. Evans, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., for Joseph W. Spencer, Susan B. Spencer, Richard H. Wilker, and Eleanor Wilker, copartners.

Rawle & Henderson, by George M. Brodhead, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., for claimant and respondent.


GANEY, District Judge.

Six libels in admiralty were filed in the six above entitled cases and the Steamship "Ciano" attached under a writ of attachment. The libels have been filed by six owners of the cargo carried aboard the Ciano from Spain to the United States. The Proctors for the vessel and her owners filed exceptions to the libels on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction by reason of the following clause contained in the Bill of Lading:

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