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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF WOOD

124 F.Supp. 540 (1954)

In the Matter of the Petition of Paul F. WOOD for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 28, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Middleton, Louis & Warburton, New York City, for petitioner, George B. Warburton, New York City, of counsel.

George J. Engelman, New York City, for next of kin and distributees of Lars Johnson, Harry Diedericksen, Bjarne Pedersen and Normann Josefsen.

Harry A. Gross, New York City, for Gunhild Tompsen, the widow of Lars Tompsen, and Tellef Fredriksen, Frederick Fredericksen and John Fredericksen, the next of kin of Paul Fredericksen.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss the petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability, or, in the alternative, for an order allowing the claimants to pursue their common-law remedy in the state court and to extend the time for filing claims in the limitation proceeding.

The petition was filed on February 9, 1954, by Paul F. Wood, owner of the fishing vessel, Susan. It alleges that the Susan left New Jersey on December 4, 1953 to...

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