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REPUBLIC OF CHINA v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO.

Nos. 3507, 3508, 3510-3514.

151 F.Supp. 211 (1957)

THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, Limited, and The United States of America, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, and American International Underwriters, Limited. (seven cases). THE S.S. HAI HSUAN. THE S.S. TENG KENG. THE S.S. CHENG KUNG. THE S.S. CHIAO JEN. THE S.S. HUNG CHANG. THE S.S. TSAI ER. THE S.S. LIN SHEN.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

April 29, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, and Washington, D. C. (Ronald A. Capone, Washington, D. C., advocate), and Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md. (William A. Grimes, Baltimore, Md., advocate), proctors for libelants, The Republic of China and China Merchants Steam Nav. Co., Ltd.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter E. Black, Jr., and Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Attys., James H. Langrall, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Allan Briggs, Atty., Export-Import Bank, and John Beach, Atty., Maritime Admn., Washington, D. C. (Thomas F. McGovern, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Washington, D. C., advocate), proctors for libelant, The United States.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City (Martin P. Detels and Vincent L. Leibell, Jr., New York City, advocates), and Lord, Whip & Coughlan, Baltimore, Md. (George W. P. Whip, Baltimore, Md., advocate), proctors for respondents.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

These suits are brought on (A) marine risk and (B) war risk policies to recover for the loss of seven vessels which had been sold by the United States to the Government of the Republic of China (Nationalist Government), subject to mortgages to secure the unpaid balances of purchase price, and were being operated by the Nationalist Government through China Merchants Steam Navigation Company (CMSN), a government-owned corporation. Most of the masters...

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