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IN RE HOCKING'S PETITION

Civ. No. 127-56.

146 F.Supp. 207 (1956)

Petition of Horace A. HOCKING, as owner of THE M/B POMPANO II, her engines, etc., in a cause of limitation of or exoneration from liability.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

October 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Slingerland, Trauth & Holtz, Newark, N. J., by Charles W. Hagen, New York City, for petitioner.

Baker, Garber & Chazen, Hoboken, N. J., Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., for claimants, Klonsky & Steinman, New York City, of counsel.

FORMAN, Chief Judge.

On January 30, 1956, five plaintiffs, Florence Turner, John W. Turner, Elizabeth Gross, James Gross and Ernest Storr, brought an action under the diversity jurisdiction of this court, Civil 80-56, against Horace A. Hocking and his son, Horace L. Hocking, who is described as an infant over the age of 15 years. The gist of the complaint was the charge that Horace L. Hocking was a person of violent and dangerous propensities but despite knowledge...

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