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PETITION OF TEXAS CO.

No. 154-314.

81 F.Supp. 758 (1948)

Petition of TEXAS CO. The LATIN AMERICAN.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 18, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Symmers and Pyne, Lynch & Smith, all of New York City (Joseph M. Brush and Edward C. Kalaidjian, both of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, of New York City (Thomas J. Irving, of New York City, of counsel), for claimant, Andrew Verbesky.

LEIBELL, District Judge.

The Texas Company as owner of the steamtug Latin American instituted a proceeding in this Court on February 26, 1948 for exoneration from or limitation of liability. 46 U.S.C.A. § 183. The tug, with a barge alongside (the Texas 373), was in a collision with the Victory II, a fishing vessel, in the Kill Van Kull on August 16, 1947. In the limitation proceeding Andrew Verbesky as owner of the Victory II filed a claim on May 28, 1948 for...

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