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THE ELQUI

No. 17621.

62 F.Supp. 764 (1945)

THE ELQUI (ex SELMA) et al.

District Court, E. D. New York.

September 26, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington, Burling, Rublee, Acheson & Shorb, of Washington, D. C., and Stanley W. Schaefer, of New York City (Stanley W. Schaefer, of New York City, Spencer Gordon, John G. Laytin, and Donald Hiss, all of Washington, D. C., and Maurice J. Smith, of New York City, of counsel), for libellant.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Roger Siddall, of New York City, and David P. Dawson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for claimant-respondent.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

The Court has conducted a trial upon a libel for possession under which the Steamship Elqui (ex Selma) was arrested while unloading in Brooklyn, within the jurisdiction of this court. By consent of the parties, the Court reserved decision on an application made to it to exercise its discretion to decline jurisdiction on the ground that the character of the parties and the subject matter involved make another forum proper.

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